On 6/14/2010 8:34 AM, Chuck wrote:
Jon Danniken wrote:
Tony wrote:
Jon Danniken wrote:
aemeijers wrote:
And even if the TT pad is disabled, you can still dial by using the
hook lever as a telegraph key....
Used to be able to get the Operator that way, at least. Now you
can't even get the Operator by hitting '0'.

And they call it progress.

Jon
Here is what gets me. It's hard to keep up with what area codes need
to be dialed (ok, toned). If I get a recording telling me not to use
the area code, they could have just as easily made it ring through
either way!

Beginning this year they made us add the area code for a *local* call!
Dialing my neighbor across the street I now have to punch in 10 digits.

*******s.

Jon

That is why they invented "speed dial" Two or 3 punches and you have it
done.

I used to travel frequently to Japan. I wondered why we didn't implement
changes to fill the need for numbers as simply as they did.

They have essentially the same system as the US where 3 digits are the
exchange and the next 4 digits are a phone number in that exchange.

When they started running out of numbers they increased the numbers per
exchange from 4 to 5 places. Existing numbers were given the prefix 3.
So 999-1111 became 999-31111. That added almost 90,000 numbers per
exchange without needing to do confusing stuff like area code overlays
where now your neighbor can be in a different area code.