Comments by "Tech Howden" (@TechHowden) on "ATu0026T Archives: Dialing the Nation" video.

  1. Only some places ever required you to dial a 1 first, it had to do with the kind of local switching equipment.
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  2.  @zee3499  not really, this equipment isn’t quite the same as the later touch tone system, also at this time in history it would’ve required 7 vacuum tubes to generate the tones which would be totally impractical to put inside a regular telephone.
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  3. That wasn’t until the late 70s, every recording sounded different and there was no standardized text for it back then.
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  4. It depended on where you are, only some types of switching equipment required you to dial a 1 first.
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