Direct Distance Dialing

[Music] something's coming to this locality direct distance dialing and what's direct distance dialing well let's see here's a telephone call being dialed a simple operation that occurs thousands of times a day but this is no ordinary telephone call for with each turn of the dial electronic impulses speed along miles of wire or pass swiftly as light from relay Tower to relay Tower to span half the nation in a distant City a few seconds after the dialing begins a telephone [Music] rings and two voices had been joined by one of the most amazing Communications advances of our time direct distance dialing or [Music] DDD ever since operators first began dialing long-distance calls back in 1943 Engineers have worked toward the day when telephone users could dial directly to other cities as easily as dialing a local call and they have succeeded [Music] with DDD thousands of cities throughout the United States can be dialed on Station to Station calls by one and two party telephone customers here here's how it works let's say you want to call someone in Chicago ba1 0339 first you find Chicago in a new area code handbook that you'll be given here it is with a number 312 312 is call the area code we'll tell you why in a minute okay now you dial one to get the longdistance equipment then you dial the area code number 31 2 then ba A1 0339 just as you would on a local [Music] call and that's all you've reached the Chicago number easily and without delay simply by dialing one and an area code in this case 312 before you dial the regular telephone number now about those area codes they work like the many Central offices in a city with all the telephones in a big city the telephone company couldn't have just one central office and give each telephone a different number instead the city is divided into sections each with a central office office like main one this gives us enough numbers for the whole [Music] city with the millions of telephones in the United States the country has to be divided too so the United States and Canada are divided into areas each area has its own code number the new area code handbook will list the area codes for the country's larger cities and for many smaller ones [Music] lists of area codes are also being included in all new telephone directories as these are [Music] issued if you can't find the area code for a city you want you can get it easily just dial operator when the operator answers say I'd like the area code for well whatever City it is in the same way if you don't know the out of town telephone number you can get that easily too and without any cost just dial the [Music] operator when the operator answers say give me information in whatever City you want there's no charge for calling information in another city well that's the story now how about following a DDD call from beginning beginning to end let's say you want to call George olssen in San Francisco first let's see if you have his number in your blue book nope not there so you dial zero when the operator answers say give me information in San Francisco I'd like the number of George Olsen 1214 Gary Boulevard 415 kondik 2 59 98 so you write it down and of course hang up then for the call itself after listening for the dial tone dial 1 then 415 then kl2 59 98 [Music] hello George I'd like to have made a direct Connection San Francisco in a few seconds it's better service with greater Savings in time at no more cost sounds simple doesn't it well for you it is but it takes some mighty complicated equipment millions of dollars worth put At Your Service as soon as you turn the dial and it can do some amazing things on the call to San Francisco for instance this automatic equipment instantly handles the call there are direct circuits to San Francisco so it tries those first if these happen to be busy the equipment can find an alternate route in less time than it takes you to dial the next [Music] digit but the equipment does more than root calls this special tape automatic accounting machines keep detailed accurate information on each call for billing purposes other machines translate the information on the tape into printed form it's fast it's accurate it's reliable and it will give you a new type easier to read statement with your bill showing the longdistance calls you've [Music] made some longdistance calls will still be placed through operators they will handle all calls placed from payones operators will also handle personto person credit card collect calls and calls from four-party En roal [Music] lines well sometimes things go wrong so suppose you happen to dial a wrong [Music] number hello as soon as you find out that this happened ask the person who answers for the name of the city you reached and and his telephone number that's important write down both the city and the telephone number and hang up and dial the [Music] operator tell her you reached the wrong city what city it was and the wrong number you reached she'll see that you are not charged for the call okay how about a quick summary with DDD if you have one party or two-party service you can dial telephones in thousands of distant cities just like you dial a local call the only difference is that you dial one and an area code first you will still Place certain calls with an operator from pay phones personto person collect credit card calls and calls from four-party and Rural telephones but with most calls you can take advantage of this new Fast service to reach distant cities almost as easily as you call a local number it's easy it's fast it's the latest Improvement in helping you make calls to friends loved ones and business associates in other cities we're sure you'll like it [Music]