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   On Nov 18, 10:13 pm, "Adam H. Kerman"  wrote:   
      
   > That's odd. The old people in my part of the world didn't lead a revolt   
   > when our dialing plan was changed.   
      
   Surprisingly (to me, anyway), the elderly did not have a problem nor   
   objection when 215 was split to 610 or when 10 digit dialing was   
   forced upon us.   
      
   The objections came from individuals and businesses who had dedicated   
   equipment (such as burglar alarms) who had to reprogram them.   
   Apparently there was quite a bit of various specialized equipment that   
   needed reprogramming during those changes.  Individuals had to   
   reprogram their speed dials.   
      
   In contrast, when DDD came out in the 1960s, the elderly and not so   
   elderly had a tough time with it.  For some reason, merely dialing   
   1+area code+ phone number freaked people out.  I guess the 7D plan had   
   been around for 35 years for a lot of people and old habits die hard   
   (35 years is a long time).  But in the mid 1960s, lots of people   
   simply refused to directly dial their long distance calls and   
   continued to place them via the operator.  (Later on however, those   
   very same people adapted easily to 10D per above).   
      
   ob transit:  Heck, when the transit company went to exchange change   
   fares it freaked a lot of people out.  When NYCTA conveted it was   
   front page news in the NYT.   
      
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