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Encyclopedia > Direct dial

A direct dial call is a telephone call placed by the person making the call. It is the least expensive means of making a telephone call, as compared with operator-assisted telephone calls, such as long distance calls made at a pay phone, collect or person-to-person calls.


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Direct Dial - AskTheBrain.com (391 words)
Dial Direct services are not yet available in every country because most governments still control the the telephone industry, discourage competition and maintain their local PTT as a monopoly If you are making phone calls from inside the United States you can use this service at no extra charge to place calls.
Direct Dial In number - A phone number that directs straight to a personal extension rather than having to be routed from the operator or main telephone number.
Direct dial telephone system with all local calls being free, long distance and international calls can be made via a credit card or telephone calling card widely available throughout the area.
Code for international direct dial - definition of Code for international direct dial in Encyclopedia (637 words)
This code is used to dial into the country specified; each country also has an international call prefix used to dial out of the country.
This is similar to the use of a trunk code in countries such as the United States, which uses a leading "1" to indicate that a national area code follows, except that the trunk code has been absorbed into the area code, for presentational reasons.
For international dialing, the national prefix is always used, and so the trunk code is not needed.
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