[asterisk-users] Generating an old-fashioned dialtone

[Stephen Bosch]

Phil Reynolds wrote:
> Quoting Clayton Milos <clay at milos.za.net>:
>>> Is there a way to generate an old-fashioned dial tone with Asterisk?
>>>
>>> I'm thinking of one that sounds like:
>>>
>>> http://www.seg.co.uk/telecomm/dial tone.wav
> 
>> As far as I know dialtone with SIP can only be generated on the handsets.
>> We're using Cisco 7960's with SIP firmware on them and they generate a
>> dialtone.
> 
> As far as I know I didn't mention generating it as a dialtone on a SIP  
> phone, merely generating the tone.
> 
> I can probably put it on Zap phones easily enough if I wish, but I'd  
> need to know how to generate it first, and all I am after right now is  
> the sound.

It's been years since I was in the UK. I can't remember what the modern
dial tone sounds like. When did it change?

-Stephen-