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Topic	why doesn't America also use '999' as their emergency number?
cmiller4642 01/10/20 11:03:19 AM #7:	Yeah actually if you look at our area codes, big cities like NYC and LA have area codes that start with 2. That comes from rotary dial phones as well. Manhattan is 212 for this very reason, because it's easy to dial on a rotary phone. <cite>cmiller4642 posted [p:932725357] in why doesn'... [t:78319594]...</cite> <quote>Yeah actually if you look at our area codes, big cities like NYC and LA have area codes that start with 2. That comes from rotary dial phones as well. Manhattan is 212 for this very reason, because it's easy to dial on a rotary phone. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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