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Re:Why don't cell phones have a dialtone? by jwcacces on Friday April 12, 2013 @05:42PM (#5541236)
What if the callee has their phone on silent?

j/k

The "ringer" tone is to let you know the call is going through, and in the case of you calling a cell phone, that the network is trying to connect to your callee.

A cell phone gets a signal to play it's ringtone, not a "ring now"..."ring now"... on / off signal. Did you expect to hear my ringtone on your end?

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Re:Why don't cell phones have a dialtone? by ultimoo on Saturday April 13, 2013 @06:35AM (#5543057)
I said 'ringer-tone' and not ringtone. Please read comments or posts carefully before commenting replies and 'j/k's.

I also recommend that you read the community guidelines here -- http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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