It is different in Australia, or at least where I am. You get a dial tone when you pick up the phone initially, but you get a different sound when the call has been terminated.

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Is no nobody else bothered by movies indicating a disconection with a dial tone? I've never heard a dialtone when my the other party hangs up on me.

Dial tone sounds different.