Operators at MT&T were available on Christmas Day and Boxing Day to help callers who couldn't complete long-distance calls through Direct Distance Dialling technology. "It's the callers who must have operator assistance for overseas calls, or person-to-person calls, who have been experiencing delays," she said. "It's estimated over 100,000 long-distance phone calls will be made." 1:27Six years later, long-distance callers still had phone frustrations when trying to reach out, as the CBC's Jonathan Mann reported. (CBLT News/CBC Archives)Despite Bell's efforts to schedule "dozens" of extra operators for Christmas, many long-distance calls just weren't going through.

Source: CBC News December 26, 2020 11:26 UTC