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There was a timeout. If you had touch tone it was faster to dial the whole thing because then the call would connect straight away.
by nerdbert 3y ago
There was a timeout. If you had touch tone it was faster to dial the whole thing because then the call would connect straight away.
- gpvos 3y agoAlternatively, in some places they actually made sure there were no common prefixes.
- jandrese 3y agoWorth it on rotary phones though. Those were so slow to dial, especially if someone had a lot of high digits in their number.
- jdjdjdjdjduuuu 3y agoWe didn't have tone dialing until after we had the internet because my dad was cheap and didn't want to pay the fee for tone dialing (vs pulse)
- Symbiote 3y agoInteresting. In the European countries in familiar with, there would be a prefix digit (usually 0) to show a call was not local. (And a different prefix to make an international call, usually 00.) So if you live in London and have a landline phone, you can call Westminster Council by dialing 7641 6000. Outside London you'd need to dial 020 7641 6000. The 0 isn't really part of the number, so from abroad you typically dial 0044 20 7641 6000 (but the international prefix varies, so it's written +44 20 7641 6000.)