On a telephone, why does ABC start on the number 2 and not 1?

Jan 16, 2018 Suhas 16 views
On a telephone, why does ABC start on the number 2 and not 1?

Questions

There are so many things around us that somewhere down the line comprehensively put us in a situation of utter unsureness. A developed and a curious mind wouldn't shy away from questioning things around.

One of the zillion questions is on a telephone, why does ABC start on the number 2 and not 1? Ever wondered why?

A Valid Question

It is a very valid doubt, right? Every time you pick up your phone, you see that the letters are written from number 2 to 9. Well, there is a very logical explanation for that now.

Reason

In the early days the number 1 was reserved for long distance calls and 0 was reserved for the telephone operator. And so these two numbers could not be at the start of your number.

So whenever they distributed the numbers or planned on in-scripting letters on the phone, number 1 and 0 were out of question.

The Most Logical

This looks the be one of the most logical reason for this question. On various platforms on the Internet, people have used this reasoning to answer the above question. What about you?

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