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<p>In the early days of <a href="page.php?w=telephony">telephony</a>, companies used <a href="page.php?w=Telephone_switchboard">manual telephone switchboards</a>, and <b>switchboard operators</b> connected calls by inserting a pair of <a href="page.php?w=Phone_connector_%28audio%29">phone plug</a>s into the appropriate jacks. They were gradually phased out and replaced by automated systems, first those allowing <a href="page.php?w=Rotary_dial">direct dialing</a> within a local area, then for <a href="page.php?w=direct_distance_dialing">long-distance</a></p><p>
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