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And yet, almost every private PBX uses "9" as the magic "get an outside line" number. Which then if one is calling a "long distance" number, one's next digit i
by pwg 2y ago
And yet, almost every private PBX uses "9" as the magic "get an outside line" number. Which then if one is calling a "long distance" number, one's next digit is "1", and "9" followed by "1" is only one mis-dialed digit away from becoming a "911" call.
I.e., New York's original area code is 212, someone in CA, dialing "long distance" to New York needs to dial 9 1 212 xxx xxxx. One button off on the first "2" and they just made a call to 911.
- ipdashc 2y agoNotably, this is only guaranteed by law to work as of 2020 - see Kari's Law: https://www.911.gov/issues/legislation-and-policy/kari-s-law-and-ray-baum-s-act/ https://www.911.gov/issues/legislation-and-policy/kari-s-law... It is, unfortunately, one of those rules that's written in blood. Before that, on some systems you'd have to dial 9 to get outside, and then "911" again, so "9911".