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	WORLD PAYPHONES- UNITED KINGDOM
		Subscriber Trunk Dialling was introduced in the Bristol area last December which meant 18,000 subscribers are now able to make trunk calls without the aid of the operator.
		Until the called subscriber answers the line polarity is such (A-line positive) that relay SU does not operate and the coin slots are locked to prevent premature insertion of coins.
		Trunk calls which cannot be dialled directly are obtained by dialling the operator who will say when and how much money should be put in the coin-box.
	www.worldpayphones.com /units/unit-uk-700.htm (2283 words)

	Subscriber trunk dialling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Subscriber trunk dialling (STD) (also known as subscriber toll dialling) is an obsolete term for the UK telephone system allowing subscribers to dial trunk calls without operator assistance.
		The term "subscriber trunk dialling" is used in other countries such as Australia, but the corresponding term in the US and Canada is direct distance dialing.
		The system required that each area have its own STD code which could be dialled by subscribers, and although they are now officially called area codes, it is still common to see and hear the old term in everyday use.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Subscriber_trunk_dialling (388 words)

	Subscriber trunk dialling
		Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is an obsolescent term for the UK telephone system allowing subscribers to dial trunk calls without operator assistance.
		The term Subscriber Trunk Dialling is, or was, also used in other countries such as Australia but the corresponding term in the US and Canada is Direct Distance Dialing.
		In the UK, STD started when, on 5 December,1958, the Queen who was in Bristol dialled a phone call to Edinburgh ([1]).
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/s/su/subscriber_trunk_dialling.html (269 words)

	Trunk vs Toll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the London telephone area calls to subscribers on non-director exchanges within local call charging range of the London director exchange area were carried by tandem exchange 'Toll A'; a subscriber would dial a prefix code, then the number of the other subscriber on the fringe non-director exchange.
		For director exchanges remote from the area boundary, the subscriber was told to dial '7', to wait for a second dialling tone, and to follow this with the whole of the other number.
		The distinction between trunk and toll became irrelevant when subscriber trunk dialling (STD) was introduced.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trunk_vs_Toll (340 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Subscriber trunk dialling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Subscriber trunk dialling (STD) is an obsolete term for the UK telephone system allowing subscribers to dial trunk calls without operator assistance.
		In the UK, STD started when, on 5 December 1958, the Queen, who was in Bristol dialled a phone call to Edinburgh ([1] (http://www.btplc.com/Corporateinformation/BTArchives/1946-1959.htm#1958)).
		The term was extended, when on 8 March 1963, London subscribers were able to dial Paris direct using international subscriber trunk dialling ([3] (http://www.btplc.com/Corporateinformation/BTArchives/1960-1968.htm#1963)).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Subscriber-trunk-dialling (994 words)

	Subscriber trunk dialling: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Subscriber trunk dialling (STD) is an obsolete[Click link for more facts about this topic] term for the UK[For more, click on this link] telephone telephone quick summary:
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/su/subscriber_trunk_dialling.htm (1178 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 183 - 12 July, 1960 - Committee on Finance. - Telephone Capital Bill, 1960—Second Stage.
		The introduction of group charging, the primary object of which was to prepare the way for the extension of subscriber dialling of trunk calls, and the other concessions have resulted in a marked increase in the demand for telephones.
		It also provides for a considerable improvement in the trunk network including the permanent circuiting by means of cable and radio links of numerous main and intermediate distance routes as well as an extensive scheme of improvements on shorter routes.
		It is a matter that requires reorientation of the equipment for receiving trunk dialled calls from the smaller places in which one is able to dial direct.
	historical-debates.oireachtas.ie /D/0183/D.0183.196007120025.html (5459 words)

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		The first gives dialling codes for ‘local’ calls and the main part of the booklet gives the dialling codes for ‘local’ calls and the main part of the booklet gives the dialling codes for trunk calls.
		Trunk Access Theoretically, the only way that a subscriber has of obtaining a trunk circuit is either via the local operator or through the STD equipment.
		By dialling Cardiff trunks and then the code 12 one received a signal intended to initialise the transfer of digits, in SSMF2 form, from the Cardiff RT to the international registers.
	www.textfiles.com /uploads/ablabap.txt (5245 words)

	Subscription business model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Also, in many cases (such as integrated software solutions), the subscription pricing structure is designed so that the revenue stream from the recurring subscriptions is considerably greater than the revenue from simple one-time purchases.
		The subscribers are called "members" and people of similar interest belong to a group (example: Computer Science Book Club).
		On the other hand it could be a disadvantage if a customer subscribes planning to use the service frequently but later, for any number of reasons, does not.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Subscriber (1019 words)

	Subscriber Trunk Dialling - Subscriber trunk dialling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Our Subscriber trunk dialling web location is yet expanding so we have not much managed to comprehend volumes of support, however what we have done so far is researched the too best Subscriber trunk dialling sites on the net.
		STD stands for Subscriber Trunk Dialing, the official name of national long-distance telephone service in India.
		Improvements to the trunk system were implemented after the second war, although direct dialing to New York was not possible until 1971.
	nikita.clubblogs.com /Subscriber_trunk_dialling (805 words)

	LEO Archive: STD code (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		STD steht in diesem Fall offenbar fuer 'Subscriber Trunk Dialling' - was immer das ist.
		The STD concept is used in Singapore for calls to Malaysia, which are somehow 'semi-domestic' long-distance calls, although they're calls to another country.
		A long-distance call used to be commonly referred to as a ''trunk call'' and before the advent of STD one had to phone the operator for a connection.
	forum.leo.org /archiv/2003_03/12/20030312104102t_en.html (735 words)

	Retro Telephones
		Before STD if you wanted to make a trunk call you had to dial the operator and ask her to make the call.
		Subscribers, not surprisingly, got a reduction if they were connected on a party line.
		Trunk calls on STD were charged at 1s for 3 minutes up to 35 miles and varied up to 4s for 3 minutes for the longest distances.
	retrowow.co.uk /retro_technology/telephone/telephone.html (2423 words)

	dialling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The scheme defines 00 as an international dialling prefix and the use of the...
		Subscriber trunk dialling (STD) (also known as subscriber toll dialling) is an...
		The term "subscriber trunk dialling" is used in other countries such as...
	www.hotvsnot.com /search/?s=dialling (267 words)

	Subscriber Trunk Dialling Call Zones - 03/05/2000 - URG MOT
		The call zones were established when the new subscriber trunk call system was introduced, accompanied by multimetering to monitor and work out call charges.
		In the 1960s, STD zoning was based on demographic studies of population as well as technical standards and predictions of new developments.
		Subscriber trunk dialling [STD] calls were introduced in the old days of PABX systems—a matter of which I am aware because in those days I was a night switch operator.
	www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/d891a0806177d17eca256d100026e9aa/ca256d11000bd3aaca2568e70014a817!OpenDocument (4760 words)

	Subscriber trunk dialling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is an obsolescent term for UK telephone system allowing subscribers to dial trunk without operator assistance.
		The term Subscriber Trunk Dialling is or was also used in countries such as Australia but the corresponding in the US and Canada is Direct Distance Dialing.
		In the UK STD started when on 5 December 1958 the Queen who was in Bristol a phone call to Edinburgh ([1] (http://www.btplc.com/Corporateinformation/BTArchives/1946-1959.htm#1958)).
	www.freeglossary.com /Subscriber_trunk_dialling (344 words)

	The History Of British Phreaking
		The could then dial 018, which forwarded him to the trunk exchange at that time, the first long distance exchange in Britain and follow it with the code for the distant exchange to which he would be connected at no extra charge.
		One way was to discover where local calls use the trunks between neighbouring exchanges, start a call and stay on the trunk instead of returning to the local level on reaching the distant switch.
		What they phreaks did was to dial a spare number at a local call rate but involving a trunk to another exchange then they send a 'clear forward' to their local exchange, indicating to it that the call is finished; but the distant exchange doesn't realise because the caller's phone is still off the hook.
	www.flashback.se /archive/history.html (1029 words)

	Subscriber Trunk Dialling Call Zones - 03/05/2000 - URG MOT
		It is certainly true that STD rates calls in regional areas are a disincentive for businesses to locate in country areas of New South Wales.
		Virtually every phone call I make from my electorate office in Yass is an STD call, which is a great impediment to constituents being able to contact me. To overcome this problem I established a 1800 telephone number which is paid for from my electorate allowance.
		Inquiries related to the Internet, illogical STD call zones, installation of landlines or mobile telephone network access should be conveyed to the review committee because it is important that as many problems as possible are dealt with.
	www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/a60a6a8d2db7ace1ca256e6a0024cf47/ca256d11000bd3aaca2568e70014a81c!OpenDocument (1386 words)

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		As each digit is dialled, a selector connects a path to another selector, which is then ready to accept the next digit.
		The STD code is, in effect, a higher-level exchange prefix - one that connects the caller to trunk lines.
		But for STD or IDD calls, it clicks at a rate that depends on several factors: the distance of the call, the time of day, and the day of the week.
	cayfer.bilkent.edu.tr /~cayfer/ctp204/network1/switch.html (5638 words)

	World Telephone Numbering Guide
		A trunk prefix refers to the initial digit(s) to be dialled in a domestic call, prior to the area code (if necessary) and the subscriber number.
		A closed dialling plan refers to a national requirement to use all digits of a national number (often including a trunk prefix) to place a call, whether local or long distance.
		A permissive dialling period is a time during which an old and new numbering format may be used to place calls to a subscriber.
	www.wtng.info /wtng-glo.html (1032 words)

	World Telephone Numbering Guide
		November-December 2002 - India begins changes to subscriber numbering, as part of a national renumbering so that the area code and subscriber number totals 10 digits (excluding trunk or local prefix codes).
		All fixed subscriber numbers now considered to be 7-digit national numbers.
		1 June 2005 - Russia: subscriber numbers in St Petersburg (+7 812) that begin with '1' were changed to begin with '7'.
	www.wtng.info /wtng-cal.html (4801 words)

	1969 - 1980 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		International Subscriber Trunk Dialling (ISD) was extended to additional countries including New Zealand and Australia on 1 December, making UK subscribers the first in the world able to dial the Antipodes directly.
		With the rapid expansion of subscriber dialling of trunk and international calls, longer telephone numbers had to be used.
		The STD system, commenced in 1958, was completed to allow direct dialling between all UK subscribers.
	www.bt.com /archives/history/19691980.htm (2798 words)

	Subscriber trunk dialling: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Subscriber trunk dialling (STD) is an obsolete[for more info, click this link] term for the UK (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
		The term "subscriber trunk dialling" is, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		The system required that each area have its own STD code which could be dialled by subscribers, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/subscriber_trunk_dialling (1231 words)

	The Blue box - Phone "Freaking"
		By the way STD was and is a Telecom brand name for their long distance product.
		In other words, it was possible on one call to keep dialling and hoping around the country until you hit a busy signal.
		It was connected via a dialling code and it was this connection that allowed what is believed to be the first international hacking incident in Australia.
	www.oz3d.info /otc/stories/the_blue_box/the_blue_box.htm (1137 words)

	Connected Earth: The national network
		The three trunk call tariffs were measured between the area's 'Group Switching Centres': up to thirty-five miles; thirty-five to fifty miles; over fifty miles.
		'Trunk subscribers' also received unlimited calls to the trunk, but like everyone, public and subscribers alike, they also paid for the actual call by dropping coins in the top.
		Anyone could use them and telephone subscribers could show their 'pass key' (a kind of membership card) which let them make local calls without further charge and reduced the cost of trunk calls.
	www.connected-earth.com /Galleries/Itpaystoadvertise/Thepublicservicenetwork/Thenationalnetwork (964 words)

	1946 - 1959 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A striking feature of the policy was that "subscribers" were henceforward to be known as "customers", and that operators in particular were to be released from the strict rules which governed what phrases they were allowed to use when speaking to customers.
		They were necessary following the introduction of STD in major towns because the A and B boxes could not be modified to cope with automatically connected trunk calls.
		New dialling codes, preliminary to the start of subscriber trunk dialling in London, were introduced in the London Director Area on 6 April.
	www.bt.com /archives/history/19461959.htm (2809 words)

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