[QUOTE=pip5678;1246433][QUOTE=198 kHz;1245390]
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Originally Posted by Pellseinydd
Yes 198 kHz, 2211 was the special faults number in director area local exchanges I was familiar with. The GSC I worked at, in a director area, but served non-director areas too, ended in 1458. The special faults lines were used by other exchanges and external engineers to call in on ... and countless calls from wives and girfriends. Happy days!
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Indeed they were.
Someone ^^ mentioned the futility of chain dialling when the transmission was so faint. It was, of course, but it was mainly "because you can".
A good wheeze from a payphone was to dial out to a UAX, then "0" for the operator. This meant the lamp on the operator's board was white, and not red as it would be for a payphone. Hence one could ask for any number and it would be ticketed to the payphone.
The vertical marking banks (VMBs) were eventually re-strapped to prevent this.