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[The keys were not used much originally. I remember a Johnny Carson monologue on the Tonight Show where he compared the * and # buttons to a man's nipples - nice to play with but completely useless.]
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Here's another topic I've been wanting to bring up:

Is there really such a thing as digital telephone service?

Companies like Cox and Time Warner Cable boast about fiber-optic networks, but is it really any different than regular landline service?

Let's say I have Cox Digital Telephone service, and that I live in Virginia. I want to call one of my relatives long distance who lives in South Carolina, and whose landline provider is AT&T. At some point, I am assuming, as my call is routed through the different switches, I am crossing regular copper phone lines. But if, for example, I want to call my neighbor to invite him over for burgers on the grill, and he also has Cox Digital Telephone, I am assuming the call would have the "superior voice quality" because it is using Cox's fiber-optic network. Am I right?

Also, doesn't the age and type of telephone set used on the line to make calls affect the voice quality as well? A crackly 500 set I would assume would not sound as good as brand new vTech cordless phones..

This topic has already drifted all over. I think your question would be a good fit for a new topic in "Telephone Service".