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| Authored by: JamesK on Saturday, February 02 2013 @ 04:19 PM EST |
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Trunk calls where beyond my capability (we did not have nation wide STD back
then
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I grew up in Canada, near Toronto. I don't recall exactly when we got long
distance dialing, but it was somewhere around 1959-1960 or so. The thing I
remember most about it was we had to go from 5 to 7 digit dialing for local
calls. In North America, we have 7 digit phone numbers and 3 digit area codes.
Also, in my area we switched to 10 digit local dialing almost 20 years ago, as
we were now able to dial local calls into other area codes. Another reason for
this is any 3 digit combination (with a few exceptions) could be used for both
the area code and exchange. Prior to this 3 digit numbers with a 0 or 1 middle
digit were area codes and the rest were exchange codes. There are now 6 area
codes for the Toronto area.
A tip for those who travel with their cell phones. In the various countries,
there are different codes for dialing international calls and there are country
codes for various countries. In North America, we dial a 1 for the first digit
to indicate a long distance call. If you're dialing out of North America, you'd
then have to dial the country code, followed by the phone number. On cell
phones, you can enter + to denote an international call, followed by the country
code etc. This works no matter where you are in the world, so you don't have to
remember the appropriate international dialing code. So, if I were to call a
phone in North America, from anywhere in the world, I'd use something like
+1-123-456-7890. The country code for all of the countries in North America is
1. If I were to dial the UK, I'd start with +44 etc.
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- Phreaks and Geeks - Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, February 02 2013 @ 10:30 PM EST
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| Authored by: JamesK on Saturday, February 02 2013 @ 04:34 PM EST |
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we did not have nation wide STD back then
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I'd certainly
hope not now either. "STD" sounds like something you should avoid.
;-)
Anyhow, here's something that shows the process of making a long
distance call, back in the dark ages before long distance dialing:
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, February 02 2013 @ 09:40 PM EST |
Lead pipe...weed killer...squib...uh-huh, I see a pattern.
Tufty
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