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1 2 3Originally, phone numbers had one, two or three digits only.
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Central, pleaseconnect me to... Hello
HiJohn
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feared the town’s 4 operators would become ill and suggested numbers be assigned to the 200+ telephone subscribers so that temps could be trained more easily.
in
Lowell,
Massachusetts
& can be attributed to the measles epidemic.
Mechanical direct-dialing of numbers became the norm.
Previously, most urban areas had “exchanges” of two letters, followed by numbers.
TO-5623
Exchanges became the first 2 digits of the phone number and were tied to a specific geographic location. These are now known as area codes.
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45
6203
Michael Corleone asks an operator to connect him with Long Beach 4-5620, presumably the number for the main house on the Corleone compound.
telephone numbers were invented, they were short & were given orally to a switchboard operator.
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A toll-free service was introduced in the United States by AT&T as an alternative to collect calling and to reduce the need for operators.
Forever ingrained in our hearts and mostly our minds, this song led to many customers who actually had that number receiving a plethora of unwanted calls.
Tommy Tutone released the hit song "867-5309/Jenny".
867-5309/Jenny
This meant that toll-free numbers are not associated with a particular telephone carrier such as AT&T or MCI.
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FCC mandated 800-number portability.
First FCC mandated Local Number Portability among wireline carriers.
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Calls placed to these hosted phone numbers are seamlessly forwarded to any existing number.