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During a down economy, luxuries such as ringtones are often put to the side. Some ringtones go for as much as $2.99, which is more than a full song download. However, with a little resourcefulness, you can find free ringtones for your cell phone. more »
Net10 is one of the largest pre-paid cell phone service providers. They are ever increasing their line of Net10 phones and services. Net10 offers ring tone downloads, but at a cost that can take minutes off your prepaid air time. There is a way, however, to get a ring tone of your choice on your Net10 phone that will not cost you... more »
Cell phone users are always searching for cool ringtones for their phones. Fortunately, there is a website where you can find free ringtones for your phone. Here is how to get free ringtones for a Verizon phone at Myxer. more »
Cellphone ring tones allow you to really personalize your phone experience. When someone calls, you can hear a unique ring tone rather than just a boring, standard ring. Ring tones come in thousands of different varieties, including all your favorite songs. They don't have to cost you a fortune either. You can send free ring tones to... more »
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A ringtone or ring tone is the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call or text message. Not literally a tone, the term is most often used today to refer to customizable sounds used on mobile phones.
Background
A phone “rings” when its network indicates an incoming call and the phone thus alerts the user. For landline telephones, the call signal can be an electric current generated by the switch to which the telephone is connected. For mobile phones, the network sends the phone a message indicating an incoming call.
A telephone “ring” is the sound generated when there is an incoming telephone call. The term originated from the fact that early telephones had a ringing mechanism consisting of a bell and an electromagnetically-driven hammer, producing a ringing sound. The aforementioned electrical signal powered the electromagnet which would rapidly move and release the hammer, striking the bell. This "magneto" bell system is still in widespread use. The ringing signal sent to a customers telephone is AC at 90 volts and 20 hertz in North America. In Europe it is around 60-90 volts AC at a frequency of 25 hertz
While the sound produced is still called a “ring”, more-recently manufactured telephones electronically produce a warbling, chirping, or other sound. Variation of the ring signal can be used to indicate characteristics of incoming calls (for example, rings with a shorter interval between them might be used to signal a call from a given number).
A ringing signal is an electric telephony signal that causes a telephone to alert the user to an incoming call. On a POTS telephone system, this is created by sending an alternating current signal of about 100 volts into the line. Today this signal may be transmitted digitally for much of the journey, provided as an alternating current only because a majority of landlines are not digital end-to-end. In old phones, this voltage was used to trigger a high-impedance electromagn read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringtone
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