On 2018 Jul 09 01:35:14, you wrote to Robert Bashe:

 ml>>> that would be when ISDN came around... ISDN doesn't have a dial
 ml>>> tone... dial tone is what distinguishes a POTS line from any
 ml>>> other...

 RB>> Maybe in the States, but certainly not here in Germany. I get a dial
 RB>> tone on my ISDN line every time I pick up the phone.

 KE> Can you be shure?. My guess is that your phone generates a dial tone
 KE> when it establishes a free channel to the exchange.

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