Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!olivea!samsung!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: gabe@sirius.ctr.columbia.edu (Gabe Wiener) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Is There a History of Direct Distance Dialing? Message-ID: Date: 17 Feb 91 20:35:23 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research Lines: 13 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 127, Message 7 of 10 Recently, the Digest carried a wonderfully informative article on the history of the two-letter exchange names. Has anything of that sort ever appeared regarding the history of DDD? If not, could someone in the know post a brief synopsis of its history? Thanks, Gabe Wiener - Columbia Univ. gabe@ctr.columbia.edu gmw1@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu 72355.1226@compuserve.com