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Re: Vonage Improvement: No More Dial 1+

Dean M. (cjmebox-telecomdigest@yahoo.com)
Wed, 18 May 2005 20:28:23 GMT

I've heard it called "hash". Is that the UK term? Don't tell me
they/you say "octothorpe"!

Dean

Jim Hatfield <jim.hatfield@insignia.com> wrote in message
news:telecom24.220.12@telecom-digest.org:

> On Tue, 17 May 2005 23:10:31 -0400, TELECOM Digest Editor noted in
> response to Scott Kramer <witheld@giganews.com>:

>> eight digits pressed, so why not just press ten? Thet # pound or
>> 'carriage return' as it is officially known is better used where it

> I thought it was officially known as an octothorpe? It certainly
> isn't called a pound in the UK!

> Jim Hatfield

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