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Why Do You Dial ‘1’ Before a Phone Number? How Long Distance and Country Codes Work

Do you need to dial “1” before a phone number anymore? In most cases, not usually! For many people, the “1” in front of a U.S. telephone number seems like a redundant and unnecessary holdover from a previous era, like typing out “http://www.” before every web address (or keeping the “the” in “thefacebook.com”). And in...

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