To test if a rotery dial would work, try dialing a number that has a 1 in it. For example, to dial 371–4000, dial 3 and then 7 using the push buttons but hang up the phone one time quickly to “dial” the 1 and then dial the rest of the number using the push buttons. If this works, you have proven that a rotery phone will work. read more
Rotary dial phones are analog, Uverse voice is digital so the rotary dial won't work. If you really want to use the old rotary dial phone to make calls, you can purchase an analog to digital converter. read more
Lisa – This old phone didn’t work like that. Technically it should have, but I had to move the wiring on the inside around for some reason. Like I was changing a switch. read more