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HarryT · 08-04-2011, 12:02 PM

British Telecom's "speaking clock" service (which you get by dialling "123") has just celebrated its 75 anniversary. It's an automated service which still gets 30 million calls a year, despite costing 31p (about 50c) to call.

08-04-2011, 12:02 PM	#332
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,557 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	British Telecom's "speaking clock" service (which you get by dialling "123") has just celebrated its 75 anniversary. It's an automated service which still gets 30 million calls a year, despite costing 31p (about 50c) to call.