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Re:Why 56k Modems Relied on Digital Phone Lines You Didn't K... by kdmtctl on Friday March 07, 2025 @06:05PM (#43295786)
Not in the US, but we had a country-wide number that each local station simply routed to a local extension. Sometimes, even multi-line wasn’t available at some stations, so it was just a sequential list of extensions to try. Looks like a hack, but it worked flawlessly.

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