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Scott37 · 7th Sep 2018, 9:00 am

Interesting you mention long distance or trunk call. This leads to another source of puzzlement on my part. What was the difference between a toll call and a trunk call? I believe in London you dialled TOL for the toll operator or 0 for trunk calls. I tried to research this a couple of times and as much as I could understand was that toll calls seemed to be a shorter distance (50 miles/Brighton?) than trunk calls and required a different operator. What was the purpose of this distinction and was it understood by the public? I certainly can't understand it now !!!

7th Sep 2018, 9:00 am	#8
Scott37 Tetrode Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Posts: 55	Re: Dialling before STD Interesting you mention long distance or trunk call. This leads to another source of puzzlement on my part. What was the difference between a toll call and a trunk call? I believe in London you dialled TOL for the toll operator or 0 for trunk calls. I tried to research this a couple of times and as much as I could understand was that toll calls seemed to be a shorter distance (50 miles/Brighton?) than trunk calls and required a different operator. What was the purpose of this distinction and was it understood by the public? I certainly can't understand it now !!!