snipped-for-privacy@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:.)
For many years, on TV the ringer sound for a telephone often did not
> match the telephone set shown. In earlier years a 300 set or separate
> bell box ringer would be used for a 500 set. In later years, a modern
> phone with an electronic ringer would still sound like a mechanical
> bell and vice versa.
How about the often incorrect ringback tones from the C.O.? Or, the immediate return to dial tone when the other party suddenly hung up? (called or calling party, it didn't matter ;-)
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Or how many times have you seen shows where a cellular phone was involved and the person using the cell phone heard 'dial tone' when he took the phone 'off hook' to dial a number. We know there is no such thing as 'dial tone' on a cell phone. PAT]