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Originally Posted by AbyssUnderground
I can see it wouldn't be too easy to accidentally dial  It just doesn't make sense in other ways, as I explained |
Hmm - it's actually not what I originally thought it was - well not totally
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/999_(em...lephone_number)
999 was chosen because of the need for the code to be able to be dialled from A/B button public telephones. The telephone dial (GPO Dial No 11) used with these coin-boxes allowed the digit "0" to be dialled without inserting any money, and it was very easy to adapt the dial to dial "9" without inserting money.
I always though it was because 999 was least likely to be dialled by the overhead telephone lines knocking together in the wind