Additionally, in the "old days", a tree branch touching an overhead
telephone cable could mimic a "1", and if the beat was right other digits
too so the higher the number to be dialled, the less the chance of a false
alarm. Hence also, I suspect, why all but a handful of service numbers
began with "1".
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Piers
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of SwissPace
Sent: 29 November 2007 21:29
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] A little bit of fun.
The reason The UK uses 999 is that after considerable research by BT it was
found to be the easiest number to dial in the dark (i.e fire or some other
emergency) with an analogue dial phone, why were 911 and 112 chosen?
> Well, if it's the most well known number, maybe making it a universal
> standard would be wiser...
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