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  2. History of the telephone in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Inflation measured by the price index was 24.3 in 1900, 65.4 in 1920, and 80.2 in 1950, [15] For the year 1927, the number of calls in the U.S. was 29 billion, or 5.4 calls per telephone per day. [16]

  3. Speaking clock - Wikipedia

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    Various voices have stated the time. Since 2000 the voice which states the time belongs to Johanna Hermann Lundberg. In 1977 the speaking clock in Sweden received 64 000 000 calls - which is the record for a year. In 2020 the number of calls was about 2 000 per day, meaning a total of a bit less than 1 000 000 calls annually. [citation needed]

  4. Call volume (telecommunications) - Wikipedia

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    In telecommunications, call volume refers to the number of telephone calls made during a certain time period. Depending on context, the phrase may refer to either the number of calls made to a specific physical area or telephone number (such as an emergency service) or the number of calls made between two or more areas (e.g. cities). Calls Per ...

  5. Erlang (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Agner Krarup Erlang. The erlang (symbol E[ 1]) is a dimensionless unit that is used in telephony as a measure of offered load or carried load on service-providing elements such as telephone circuits or telephone switching equipment. A single cord circuit has the capacity to be used for 60 minutes in one hour. Full utilization of that capacity ...

  6. 311 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    The first use of 3-1-1 for informational services was in Baltimore, Maryland, where the service commenced on 2 October 1996. [2] 3-1-1 is intended to connect callers to a call center that can be the same as the 9-1-1 call center, but with 3-1-1 calls assigned a secondary priority, answered only when no 9-1-1 calls are waiting.

  7. Long-distance calling - Wikipedia

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    Long-distance calling. In telecommunications, a long-distance call (U.S.) or trunk call (also known as a toll call in the U.K. [citation needed]) is a telephone call made to a location outside a defined local calling area. Long-distance calls are typically charged a higher billing rate than local calls. The term is not necessarily synonymous ...

  8. Telephone numbers in Germany - Wikipedia

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    The area code 137 is assigned for services that may result in a high number of connections in a fairly short period of time, e.g. votes or competitions initiated from TV or radio shows. The first digit indicates the rate for a call, the second digit indicates the maximum number of calls that can be handled per time period.

  9. Telephone - Wikipedia

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    Most telephones also contain an alerting feature, such as a ringer or a visual indicator, to announce an incoming telephone call. Telephone calls are initiated most commonly with a keypad or dial, affixed to the telephone, to enter a telephone number, which is the address of the call recipient's telephone in the telecommunication system, but ...