Posted by Harry Miller on June 20, 2002 at 19:32:44 from 64.229.69.116 user dreadnaught.
In Reply to: Phones: Manual, Tone, Pulse ie Rotary-Dial posted by John Wilson on June 10, 2002 at 14:04:20:
I don't know much about the switchboard end of things, but I do recall one advantage of the hand crank phone you describe. I lived in N.Z. in 1982 near Mayfield and if you were visiting any of the 7 or 8 neighbours on your line, you could answer your own ring - a primitive but effective method of call forwarding.