Dial "9" to get out (use phone) on phones......accidentally calling 911 services (thinking theyre calling long distance)and having them show up like the other day....... who invented dialing "9" to get out anyway?

by stevegtexas@aol.com Posted 2012/06/16 18:37:06

Related Topics: Phones, Phone, Long Distance, 911

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Jorge Enriquez 2012/07/16 17:32:58

Just someone who dont know about the existence of 911..u know, they cant guess

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John 2012/06/21 12:17:50 (edited)

Dialing 9 to get an outside-line in a phone system was around for more than twenty years before dialing 911 existed.

Besides, it would take an idiot to mistakenly dial 911 instead of just a 9. (And actually, they'd probably have to dial 9 then 911 anyway.)

However, America is rapidly becoming a nation of idiots. (Thanks, Jimmy Carter, for giving us that wonderful Department of Education which has so greatly enhanced the intelligence level of America.)

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Philo-WHEREAREYOU,USA? 2012/06/18 20:36:34

It predates "911" by at least a decade...

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exsecrare 2012/06/17 04:41:23

our system at work isn't so archaic as to make you dial '9' to tell it you want an outside line. Just dial the number and it recognizes that it isn't an internal number. lol

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stevegt... to exsecrare 2012/06/18 16:33:37

+1
what about to dial 911? (my point is that someone has to, "purposely" dial 9 to get out, then 911 again?

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beach bum 2012/06/17 02:35:31

+1
someone who forgot about 911

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stevegt... to beach bum 2012/06/18 16:34:12

+1
so at businesses, you have to dial, 9911?

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beach bum to stevegt... 2012/06/19 00:32:13

unsure steve....oh now i recall someone making a mistake forgetting the 9 to dial out first and then she just dialed 911 instead of 411 :-0

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thecutesttentacle 2012/06/16 20:35:28

+1
i don't know haha

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Kaimeso 2012/06/16 19:57:44

Easy to fix, technically that is,.. just have the tech program another digit, some systems use "5" for an outside line. But here in NC we've started 10 digit dialing for all calls. Area code plus nnx-xxxx, Only problem is the 919 area code has caused a huge increase in misdials to 911.

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stevegt... to Kaimeso 2012/06/18 16:34:50

where is that area code?

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Kaimeso to stevegt... 2012/06/19 01:22:24

Raleigh North Carolina,

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BigKwell 2012/06/16 19:17:58

Frankly... I have NO idea... but whoever it is was an idiot!

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wtxwoman 2012/06/16 18:49:12

+1
We had to dial '9' to get an outside line a long, long time before '911' came out. I had a phone once that the one kept sticking on and the area code I called a lot was '915'. I got '911' so much until they told me I was going to be arrested for false calling. I got a new phone and never found out why the old one was sticking.

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Wretha S 2012/06/16 18:45:13

+1
I believe that dialing 9 to get an outside line (for a business) has been around longer than dialing 911 for emergencies...

Wretha

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stevegtexas@aol.com 2012/06/16 18:40:55 (edited)

the other day the police showed up where we were at....someone probably tried to dial 9 to get out, then tried to dial long distance when they (POLICE) showed up at the day resource center here in fort worth texas.......happens ALL the time....who invented dialing "9" to get out on a phone line.....does it present a problem?

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