Origins
Prior to 1997, callers from the rest of the United States had to dial 011-671- and then the seven-digit telephone number to reach Guam, similar to international calls. As international calling rates began to fall in the more competitive destination countries during the 1990s, it became a considerable financial burden for people on the U.S. Mainland to place calls to the U.S. territory of Guam, especially for those who were stationed in U.S. military bases there.
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