History
In the UK, STD started on 5 December 1958 when the Queen, who was in Bristol, dialled a phone call to Edinburgh – the furthest distance a call could be directly dialled. The STD system was completed in 1979, though most of the country was covered well before then. The system required that each area have its own STD code which could be dialled by subscribers, and although they are now officially called area codes, it is still common to see and hear the old term in everyday use.
Read more about this topic: Subscriber Trunk Dialling
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