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- Zenith_number abstract "A Zenith number is a special type of toll-free telephone number which allowed a calling party to call the number's owner at no charge by ringing the operator and requesting the specified "Zenith", "Enterprise" or "WX" number.Introduced in the 1950s, a Zenith number was listed in local directories in each community from which a business desired to receive calls. In that era, direct-dial numbers were commonly published with telephone exchange names followed by digits (such as "PEnnsylvania 6-5000"). The letter Z originally did not appear on the telephone dial, but suggested the 0 (operator) button, indicating that the caller had to call the operator (by pressing 0) to place the call. The operator looked up the city and regular number in that city corresponding to the Zenith number, typically in a paper book kept at the switchboard and completed the call as if it were a collect call to the regular number.In the United States and Canada, usage of manual Zenith numbers diminished after the 1967 introduction of interstate direct-dial 1-800 InWATS toll-free service; the requirement that +1-800 numbers arrive on special fixed-rate trunks ended in 1982. A similar service in the United Kingdom, in which callers asked operators for "Freephone (name or number)", had no direct-dial counterpart until 1985.As direct-dial toll-free service declines in cost, Zenith numbers have nearly disappeared; telephone companies in most service areas are no longer assigning new Zenith numbers.A few organizations continue to keep their Zenith numbers. For example, as of 2006, the California Highway Patrol continues to use the same single number it has for decades, Zenith 1-2000, though it advertises 1-800-TELL-CHP on its website.".
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- Zenith_number wikiPageRevisionID "599710608".
- Zenith_number hasPhotoCollection Zenith_number.
- Zenith_number subject Category:Telephone_numbers.
- Zenith_number type Abstraction100002137.
- Zenith_number type Communication100033020.
- Zenith_number type PhoneNumber106426111.
- Zenith_number type Signal106791372.
- Zenith_number type TelephoneNumbers.
- Zenith_number comment "A Zenith number is a special type of toll-free telephone number which allowed a calling party to call the number's owner at no charge by ringing the operator and requesting the specified "Zenith", "Enterprise" or "WX" number.Introduced in the 1950s, a Zenith number was listed in local directories in each community from which a business desired to receive calls.".
- Zenith_number label "Zenith number".
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- Zenith_number sameAs Q8069129.
- Zenith_number sameAs Q8069129.
- Zenith_number sameAs Zenith_number.
- Zenith_number wasDerivedFrom Zenith_number?oldid=599710608.
- Zenith_number isPrimaryTopicOf Zenith_number.