The question is a simple one: why do I have to dial “1″ for long distance from my home phone?

This likely doesn’t apply to VoIP users, but I still use POTS at home.

I understand that it is an artifact of the way that the long distance system was originally built. However, my home line is the only phone I use that requires me to dial “1″ first.

On both my mobile (T-Mobile) and office phones (MCI VoIP), I dial 10 digits and I am done.

So, why can’t the local phone systems figure this one out?

IceRocket: telephone, long, voip, pots, telephony

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