On 2018 Jul 11 11:43:40, you wrote to me:

 RB>>> I use analog phons and have done so since I started telephoning. The
 RB>>> bare wires into the NTBA naturally give no dial tone,

 ml>> exactly and that's the whole point! it has been the whole point since
 ml>> i wrote my statement... a POTS line and standard POTS phone do not
 ml>> need any other equipment on the customer end... this distinction
 ml>> between dial tone on the bare wires is exactly one of the major
 ml>> distinctions between POTS and ISDN or other some digital services...
 ml>> DSL, for example, can run on either dry or wet pairs...

 RB> I don't know whether you or I am confusing things, [...]

i know/knew exactly what i was saying when i said that ISDN does not have dial
tone on the wires...

 RB> Now, whether that comes from the phones, the TK equipment or from the
 RB> phone company is something that I neither know

this much is abundantly clear ;)

 RB> nor particularly care about.

perhaps you should? it would help lessen the quantity of crow dinners -=B-)

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