103-542: 988 (sometimes written 9-8-8 ) is a telephone number used in some North American (NANP) countries for a suicide prevention helpline . In the United States, it is known as the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the number 1-800-273-8255 ). In Canada, it is known as the 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline . In the United States, the 988 number
206-579: A 555 number . According to Universal Studios , which produced the movie, the number it used was picked because it did not exist in Buffalo, New York , where the movie was set. It did exist in other cities, resulting in customers' having that number receiving random calls from people asking for God. While some played along with the gag, others found the calls aggravating. The number in the Glenn Miller Orchestra 's hit song " Pennsylvania 6-5000 " (1940)
309-494: A radio telephone or a mobile telephone, or to other devices for data transmission via the public switched telephone network (PSTN), or other public and private networks. Modern smart phones have added a built-in layer of abstraction whereby individuals or businesses are saved into a contacts application (akin to an electronic address book ) and the numbers no longer have to be written down or memorized. A telephone number serves as an address for switching telephone calls using
412-451: A subscription service would be more profitable, with the invention of the telephone switchboard or central office . Such an office was staffed by an operator who connected the calls by personal names. Some have argued that use of the telephone altered the physical layout of American cities. The latter part of 1879 and the early part of 1880 saw the first use of telephone numbers at Lowell, Massachusetts . During an epidemic of measles,
515-634: A switchboard operator when initiating a call. As telephone systems have grown and interconnected to encompass worldwide communication, telephone numbers have become longer. In addition to telephones , they have been used to access other devices, such as computer modems , pagers , and fax machines . With landlines , modems and pagers falling out of use in favor of all-digital always-connected broadband Internet and mobile phones , telephone numbers are now often used by data-only cellular devices, such as some tablet computers , digital televisions , video game controllers , and mobile hotspots , on which it
618-495: A 6 or 7 on a 7-point scale) to use the service again if they were in crisis. No reasons, however, were assessed for why users would or would not use the hotline, nor were findings released about how these users might use alternate methods of support. 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline is the service operating in Canada. In December 2020, shortly after the U.S. FCC finalized its plans for 988, Canada 's House of Commons unanimously passed
721-641: A Bachelor of Science in physics, Moulton joined the United States Marine Corps . He served four tours in Iraq and then earned his master's degrees in business and public policy in a dual program at Harvard. He entered politics in 2014, when he was elected to represent Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. In early 2019, Moulton was seen as a potential presidential candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2020 . Publicly expressing his interest in
824-724: A bachelor's degree in physics in 2001. He gave the Undergraduate English Oration at his commencement, focusing on the importance of service. Moulton joined the Marine Corps after graduation, a few months before the September 11 attacks . He attended the Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia , and graduated in 2002 with the rank of second lieutenant . During the 2003 invasion of Iraq , Moulton led one of
927-761: A counterterrorist mission in 2019. Moulton criticized President Joe Biden for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, citing the chaotic evacuation of Afghans who had supported the U.S. in the effort to fight terrorism. He and Representative Don Bacon later co-sponsored the WELCOMED Act, to provide benefits and eligibility for resettlement to Afghan recipients of Special Immigrant Visas, which Biden signed into law on October 1, 2021. Moulton supports abortion rights and same-sex marriage. He supports legal immigration and advocates for immigration reform, but opposes illegal immigration and has called it "something we have to confront". In 2022 and 2023, Moulton cosponsored
1030-424: A dealer who sells heroin, who sells opioids, it's much less likely to be a gateway drug. The problem is now that it operates in the shadows. There's no control whatsoever. Someone goes and buys an edible, for example, there's no regulation about what's in that. It's like moonshine under Prohibition." According to The Boston Globe , "one of Moulton’s biggest focuses is addressing the long-term impact of automation on
1133-631: A director in Western Electric. His residence was phone number 1 and his shop was phone number 2 in Boston. In the late 1870s, the Bell interests started utilizing their patent with a rental scheme, in which they would rent their instruments to individual users who would contract with other suppliers to connect them; for example from home to office to factory. Western Union and the Bell company both soon realized that
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#17328556559001236-486: A few nearby rate centres are considered long distance and incur toll fees. In a few large US cities, as well as many points outside North America, local calls are not flat-rated or "free" by default. Charles Williams, Jr., owned a Boston shop where Bell and Watson made experiments and later produced their telephones. This equipment company was purchased by Western Electric in 1882 and Williams became manager of this initial manufacturing plant until retiring in 1886, remaining
1339-571: A grant program within the Department of Labor to "create, implement and expand registered apprenticeships" in cybersecurity . It aims to offer certifications and connect participants with businesses to "boost the number" of workers for federal cybersecurity jobs. In January 2023, Moulton was one of 13 cosponsors of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens 16 years of age or older. Moulton supports
1442-562: A hotline to help veterans in emotional crisis. Callers who are U.S. military veterans have the option of being routed to the Veterans Crisis Line by pressing 1. This service caters to VA-specific mental health needs, and helps connect vets to the VA Healthcare system. In addition to the hotline, the veterans hotline also offers text messaging support through texting to 838255 , as well as an online chat service for those who want to use
1545-432: A mapping that was displayed directly on the telephone dial. Each of the digits 2 to 9, and sometimes 0, corresponded to a group of typically three letters. The leading two or three letters of a telephone number indicated the exchange name , for example, ED gewood and IV anhoe, and were followed by 5 or 4 digits. The limitations that these systems presented in terms of usable names that were easy to distinguish and spell, and
1648-447: A national or regional telephone numbering plan to subscribers by telephone service operators, which may be commercial entities, state-controlled administrations, or other telecommunication industry associations. Telephone numbers were first used in 1879 in Lowell, Massachusetts , when they replaced the request for subscriber names by callers connecting to the switchboard operator . Over
1751-451: A network for candidates to build a community and receive advice from each other and Moulton. This was beneficial for candidates like Abigail Spanberger who said, "[Moulton has] created a network of people who are able to lean on each other, share experiences, and discuss what the campaigns are like." In 2018, Serve America played a significant role in flipping the U.S. House of Representatives majority from Republican to Democrat . In
1854-483: A non-binding motion, put forward by Conservative MP Todd Doherty , calling on the federal government to establish 988 as the national suicide prevention hotline. In June 2021, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) recommended using a three-digit number, most likely 988, for mental health and suicide prevention in Canada, and began consultations on the matter, noting that
1957-449: A potential campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination . He traveled to early primary states such as Iowa and New Hampshire in March 2019. Moulton officially announced his candidacy on April 22, 2019. On August 23, he suspended his campaign and withdrew from the race. During his campaign, Moulton never polled above 2% in any Democratic presidential opinion poll , and
2060-532: A real subscriber. The 555 code is used in the Balmain area of Sydney and the suburbs of Melbourne . Although in many areas being a prefix of 55 plus the thousand digit of 5 (e.g. 55 5XXX), would be valid, the numbering system was changed so that 555 became 9555 in Sydney and Melbourne, and in the country, there are two new digits ahead of the 55. Tommy Tutone 's 1981 hit song " 867-5309/Jenny " led to many unwanted calls by
2163-434: A series of New York fundraisers hosted by Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz . The campaigns of Moulton and his Republican opponent, Richard Tisei , were held up as an example of a race where voters could respect both candidates and choose the better one, instead of having to choose the less undesirable one. Moulton won the general election with 55.0% of the vote to Tisei's 41.1%. Moulton
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#17328556559002266-528: A song featuring Canadian singer Alessia Cara and American singer Khalid titled " 1-800-273-8255 ", the number used for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. On the day of the song's release, the lifeline received one of its highest daily call volumes; Lifeline's Facebook page also received triple the usual number of visitors, and its website reported "a 17% increase in users in May 2017 over
2369-532: A special liaison with tribal leaders in Southern Iraq. After that tour, Moulton was discharged from the Marine Corps with the rank of captain. In 2003, Moulton co-hosted a television program with his Iraqi interpreter, Mohammed Harba, called Moulton and Mohammed , in which they discussed regional conditions in the period following the U.S. invasion before an audience of U.S. servicemen and Iraqi citizens. The show ended after three months when Moulton's unit left
2472-683: A subscriber to request moving an existing telephone number to another telephone service provider. Number portability usually has geographic limitations, such as an existing local telephone company only being able to port to a competitor within the same rate centre . Mobile carriers may have much larger market areas, and can assign or accept numbers from any area within the region. In many telephone administrations, mobile telephone numbers are in organized in prefix ranges distinct from land line service, which simplifies mobile number portability , even between carriers. Within most North American rate centres, local wireline calls are free, while calls to all but
2575-450: A system of destination code routing. Telephone numbers are entered or dialed by a calling party on the originating telephone set, which transmits the sequence of digits in the process of signaling to a telephone exchange . The exchange completes the call either to another locally connected subscriber or via the PSTN to the called party . Telephone numbers are assigned within the framework of
2678-531: A transportation firm. In 2011, Moulton and a graduate school classmate founded Eastern Healthcare Partners, which Moulton has invoked to show he was a "successful entrepreneur" who understands "what it's like to face that day when you might not meet payroll". The company raised investor funds and drafted a partnership agreement with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , but in October 2014 the Boston Globe reported that by
2781-589: A tribute to Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington , who had died by suicide in the previous year. The National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018 required the Federal Communications Commission and other agencies to consider a three-digit telephone number for the hotline. On August 15, 2019, FCC staff recommended that the Commission designate the number 988 for the hotline. On December 12, 2019,
2884-459: A varying count of digits. Irrespective of the type of numbering plan, "shorthand" or "speed calling" numbers are automatically translated to unique telephone numbers before the call can be connected. Some special services have special short codes (e.g., 119 , 911 , 100 , 101, 102, 000 , 999 , 111 , and 112 being the emergency telephone numbers in many countries). The dialing procedures ( dialing plan ) in some areas permit dialing numbers in
2987-489: Is not even possible to make or accept a call . The number contains the information necessary to identify the intended endpoint for a telephone call . Many countries use fixed-length numbers in a so-called closed numbering plan . A prominent system of this type is the North American Numbering Plan . In Europe, the development of open numbering plans was more prevalent, in which a telephone number comprised
3090-405: Is particularly useful in multilingual contexts as the tone indicates an error has been encountered, even if the message cannot be understood by the caller and can be interpreted as an error by some auto-dialling equipment. Telephone numbers are sometimes prefixed with special services, such as vertical service codes , that contain signaling events other than numbers, most notably the star (*) and
3193-561: Is the number of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City . The number is now written as 1-212-736-5000. According to the hotel's website, PEnnsylvania 6-5000 is New York's oldest continually assigned telephone number and possibly the oldest continuously-assigned number in the world. Australian films and television shows do not employ any recurring format for fictional telephone numbers; any number quoted in such media may be used by
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3296-669: The MSISDN is longer than 20 digits then additional digits are encoded into extension blocks (EF EXT1 ) each having a BCD-encoded field of 11 bytes. This scheme allows to extend the subscriber number with a maximum of 20 digits by additional function values to control network services . In the context of ISDN the function values were transparently transported in a BCD-encoded field with a maximum of 20 bytes named "ISDN Subaddress". The format and allocation of local telephone numbers are controlled by each nation's respective government, either directly or by sponsored organizations (such as NANPA in
3399-473: The UK , letters were assigned to numbers in a similar fashion to North America, except that the letter O was allocated to the digit 0 (zero); digit 6 had only M and N. The letter Q was later added to the zero position on British dials, in anticipation of direct international dialing to Paris, which commenced in 1963. This was necessary because French dials already had Q on the zero position, and there were exchange names in
3502-601: The number sign (#). Vertical service codes enable or disable special telephony services either on a per-call basis, or for the station or telephone line until changed. The use of the number sign is most frequently used as a marker signal to indicate the end of digit sequences or the end of other procedures; as a terminator it avoids operational delays when waiting for expiration of automatic time-out periods. Fictitious telephone numbers are often used in films and on television to avoid disturbances by calls from viewers. For example, The United States 555 (KLondike-5) exchange code
3605-673: The occupation of Iraq . Director Charles H. Ferguson chose to include Moulton and two other Iraq veterans. After he left the Marines Corps in 2008, Moulton attended a dual-degree program at the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School , earning master's degrees in business and public policy in 2011. After graduate school, he worked for one year as managing director of the Texas Central Railway ,
3708-423: The 1920s. In rural areas with magneto crank telephones connected to party lines , the local phone number consisted of the line number plus the ringing pattern of the subscriber. To dial a number such as "3R122" meant making a request to the operator the third party line (if making a call off your own local one), followed by turning the telephone's crank once, a short pause, then twice and twice again. Also common
3811-540: The 2004 Battle of Najaf against the militia of Muqtada al-Sadr . Over two days, he "fearlessly exposed himself to enemy fire" as his platoon was pinned down under heavy fire and then directed the supporting fire that repelled the attack. He received the Bronze Star Medal for his actions in this battle. In 2008, during Moulton's fourth tour of duty in Iraq, General David Petraeus requested that he be assigned to work as
3914-548: The 2018 election cycle, the PAC raised over $ 7.5 million for the candidates it endorsed. It raised the third largest amount of money among Democrats (after House majority leader Steny Hoyer and Senator Kamala Harris ), according to campaign-finance non-profit Issue One . During the midterm cycle, Serve America publicly supported 34 congressional Democratic candidates, out of which 18 were elected. Out of those 18, 15 had flipped from Republican to Democratic, representing more than half of
4017-486: The 2020 Presidential Race!" According to Politico , Moulton has called himself "a progressive Democrat", "a pragmatic Democrat", and "a frustrated Democrat". Moulton is a member of the New Democrat Coalition , a congressional caucus of Democrats who call themselves "moderate", "pro-growth", and "fiscally responsible", and whom others call "centrist." Moulton was ranked the 34th most bipartisan member of
4120-423: The 28 seats Democrats gained. First-time candidates endorsed by Serve America who won their elections in the 2020 cycle included Mark Kelly from Arizona and Jake Auchincloss from Massachusetts ’ 4th District. They also re-endorsed 21 successful incumbent candidates. In the 2022 cycle, Serve America endorsed six first-time candidates who won their election. Early in 2019, Moulton began to recruit staff for
4223-680: The 988 exchange. Where ten-digit dialing was elected, which was the case in 82 numbering plan areas–only area code 701 retired the prefix–it was required to be implemented by October 24, 2021. Massachusetts officials asked the FCC to change the routing of calls. Instead of routing calls based on a phone number's area code, officials propose using the caller's physical location, similar to how 911 operates. This change would ensure that callers connect with services near their current location, providing more relevant and immediate assistance regardless of their phone's area code. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
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4326-536: The Biden administration. Several government officials said that the surprise visit produced unhelpful distraction from the ongoing work of evacuating people. The next day, Pelosi sent a letter to all House members saying that "the Departments of Defense and State have requested that Members not travel to Afghanistan and the region during this time of danger" because such travel "would unnecessarily divert needed resources" from
4429-670: The CRTC had directed mobile service providers to provide automated messaging to those calling or texting 988 on or after July 16, 2022, redirecting them to Canada's existing suicide prevention services. On August 31, 2022, the CRTC announced it had finalized its decision to make 988 the national three-digit code for mental health crisis and suicide prevention services, with a scheduled implementation date of November 30, 2023. In order to facilitate this implementation, area codes 709, 807, and 867 ( Yellowknife area only) were required to convert to ten-digit dialing by no later than May 31, 2023 (area code 506
4532-399: The Commission approved a proposed rule starting the process for public commenting and final rulemaking. The rule was adopted on July 16, 2020, in final form in a 5–0 vote by the FCC. The rule required telecommunication carriers to implement the telephone number 988 to route calls to the existing service number by July 16, 2022. This provided sufficient time to expand staff and training to handle
4635-532: The Pacific on our terms, not China's". He also criticized Trump's use of tariffs, telling The Hill that although tariffs remain an option for trade policy the emphasis should be "a comprehensive strategy" and building "our alliances in the Pacific". Moulton opposed sending U.S. troops back to Iraq in 2014. He also supported strengthening NATO against Russia and keeping troops in Afghanistan temporarily to execute
4738-519: The Paris region which contained the letter Q. Most of the United Kingdom had no lettered telephone dials until the introduction of Subscriber Trunk Dialing (STD) in 1958. Until then, only the director areas (Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Manchester) and the adjacent non-director areas had the lettered dials; the director exchanges used the three-letter, four-number format. With
4841-623: The Republican PAC donation was returned. Public Federal Election Commission filings confirmed that the donation was returned in February 2014. Moulton said that he opposed the Iraq War in which he served. A Tierney campaign staff member said that Moulton had "changed his mind" on the war, and highlighted Tierney's vote in Congress to oppose the 2002 resolution authorizing the U.S. Invasion of Iraq from
4944-648: The Salem Democratic City Committee vowed to find someone to run against Moulton in the Democratic primaries for the 2026 midterm elections due to his comments. On November 17, 2024, hundreds of people in Salem gathered at his office in the town at a rally held in protest at his remarks, co-organized by town councillor Kyle Davis. On November 25, 2024, Moulton said in an interview with the Rolling Stone that
5047-678: The Transgender Bill of Rights and voted in favor of the Equality Act . Following Kamala Harris 's loss in the presidential election , he expressed opposition to transgender participation in girls' sports , saying that he does not want his daughters "getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete." Following his remarks, his campaign manager resigned in protest, his comments were condemned by Salem mayor Dominick Pangallo and he faced protest from constituents. In an MSNBC interview, he refused to apologize and argued that
5150-622: The U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress by the Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy 's Bipartisan Index, which ranks members of by their degree of bipartisanship (by measuring how often each member's bills attract co-sponsors from the opposite party and how often each member co-sponsors bills by members of the opposite party). Moulton has admitted to using cannabis and supports its legalization , saying, "If you're not buying your marijuana from
5253-520: The US or CNAC in Canada). In the United States, each state's public service commission regulates, as does the Federal Communications Commission . In Canada, which shares the same country code with the U.S. (due to Bell Canada 's previous ownership by the U.S.-based Bell System ), regulation is mainly through the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission . Local number portability (LNP) allows
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#17328556559005356-433: The adoption of 988, it dispatched emergency services for about 2% of calls. Its policy is to do so only if the caller does not cooperate with making a safety plan and seems likely to act on a plan of suicide. The hotline has also been criticized for inadequate funding and staffing shortages. A 2023 study that questioned 5,000 users of the hotline in a survey found that only a quarter of users would be "very likely" (rated as
5459-614: The anticipated call volume. In August 2019, U.S. Representatives Chris Stewart and Seth Moulton introduced the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act. On October 17, 2020, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act (S.2661) was signed into law by President Trump to support the implementation of the hotline. Disability advocates, calling for equity, petitioned the FCC to implement text-to-988 service for deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech-disabled people. The following month, on November 20, 2020, T-Mobile became
5562-448: The area. Between 2003 and 2008, Moulton was frequently interviewed about his experiences as an officer in Iraq by U.S. national media, including CNN, MSNBC, and NPR programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered . Moulton was also prominently featured in the 2007 Academy Award-nominated documentary No End in Sight . In the film, he criticizes the U.S. government's handling of
5665-497: The area. Special telephone numbers are used for high-capacity numbers with several telephone circuits , typically a request line to a radio station where dozens or even hundreds of callers may be trying to call in at once, such as for a contest. For each large metro area , all of these lines will share the same prefix (such as 404 -741- xxxx in Atlanta and 305 -550- xxxx in Miami ),
5768-405: The backlash "[proved] his point". Additionally, Moulton said it was "kind of weird" to include pronouns after signatures in emails during an interview with GBH News . He later said that Trump's policies will be "extremely harmful" to transgender children and that transgender children "deserve our support", but still described Democrats as "out of touch" on transgender issues. On November 13, 2024,
5871-468: The call is being made from. Many mobile phones allow the + to be entered directly, by pressing and holding the "0" for GSM phones, or sometimes "*" for CDMA phones. The 3GPP standards for mobile networks provide a BCD-encoded field of ten bytes for the telephone number ("Dialling Number/SCC String"). The international call prefix or "+" is not counted as it encodes a value in a separate byte (TON/NPI - type of number / numbering plan identification). If
5974-512: The course of telephone history , telephone numbers had various lengths and formats and even included most letters of the alphabet in leading positions when telephone exchange names were in common use until the 1960s. Telephone numbers are often dialed in conjunction with other signaling code sequences, such as vertical service codes , to invoke special telephone service features. When telephone numbers were first used they were very short, from one to three digits, and were communicated orally to
6077-432: The debate." He also claimed that Democrats need to improve their messaging on transgender rights, but that Democrats should still defend such rights. Moulton additionally clarified that he was not proposing that Democrats should ban transgender women from women's sports, but instead just "wanted [Democrats] to have a message to fight back against attacks". He also described Nancy Mace 's attacks on transgender rights following
6180-517: The economy, which he says will disproportionately affect working-class communities." Moulton, who in 2015 co-sponsored legislation increasing the federal minimum wage to $ 12 an hour, said in February 2019 that he supported an increase to $ 15 an hour. In 2019, Moulton criticized Trump's withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and said that, if elected president, he would reengage in negotiations for "a strong, fair trade deal for
6283-526: The election as "abhorrent". Moulton wrote the legislation to create the National 988 Suicide and Mental Health Crisis Hotline. He also introduced the Brandon Act, a law intended to improve mental health access for active duty armed service members. In September 2018, Moulton, Elise Stefanik , and Dan Donovan co-sponsored the "Cyber Ready Workforce Act" advanced by Jacky Rosen . The legislation would create
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#17328556559006386-401: The election cycle. Moulton challenged Tierney in the Democratic primary . Tierney's campaign claimed in campaign advertisements that Moulton received campaign contributions from a New Hampshire political action committee that previously donated only to Republicans , implying that Moulton must hold conservative views. Moulton denied being more conservative than Tierney, and said that
6489-474: The evacuation efforts. Moulton defended his Kabul trip, saying, "At the end of the day, I don’t care what pundits in Washington are saying...They’ve been wrong about this war for 20 years." In 2017, Moulton founded Serve America, a political action committee that aims to help elect candidates with national service experience, focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on military service. The organization offers
6592-546: The exchange. The North American Numbering Plan of 1947 prescribed a format of telephone numbers that included two leading letters of the name of the central office to which each telephone was connected. This continued the practice already in place by many telephone companies for decades. Traditionally, these names were often the names of towns, villages, or were other locally significant names. Communities that required more than one central office may have used other names for each central office, such as "Main", "East", " Central" or
6695-506: The expansion of renewable energy and the diversification of the energy grid. He is supportive of carbon pricing and banning fossil fuel extraction on federal lands. Moulton recently voted in favor of the Inflation Reduction Act which included historic funding into renewable energy innovation and implementation. Moulton is also a supporter of nuclear energy. In a 2019 interview, he called nuclear energy "a safe, good investment...for
6798-471: The federally funded network of crisis centers named the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. On January 1, 2005, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline was launched by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration , a division of the Department of Health and Human Services , and Vibrant Emotional Health. In April 2017, for his third album Everybody , American rapper Logic released
6901-493: The first infantry platoons to enter Baghdad . He served a total of four tours of duty in Iraq from 2003 to 2008. Moulton took part in the 2003 Battle of Nasiriyah , leading a platoon that cleared a hostile stronghold. In that action, he went to the aid of a Marine wounded by friendly fire, and for his actions was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for valor. Moulton was active in combat against insurgent forces in Iraq, including
7004-402: The first wireless carrier to implement the 988 number for voice calls. Implementation of a new three-digit dialing code had implications for the structure of the telephone dialing procedures in the North American Numbering Plan . Areas that had seven-digit dialing and telephone numbers with the central office code (exchange) 988 were required to either change to ten-digit dialing or retire
7107-580: The goals of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, the NOFA called for proposals from nonprofit organizations for using a toll-free number and website to expand, enhance and sustain a network of certified crisis centers providing suicide prevention and intervention services to those in need. In September 2004, the Mental Health Association of New York City (MHA-NYC) was selected to administer
7210-401: The hotline. The hotline also serves the needs of active duty service members, their families, and veterans' caregivers. Criticism of the 988 hotline has garnered social media and press attention. Concerns centered on the role of emergency and police response with respect to involuntary commitment to treatment facilities and incurrence of medical bills. The hotline operator reported that before
7313-472: The introduction of trunk dialing, the need for all callers to be able to dial numbers with letters in them led to the much more widespread use of lettered dials. The need for dials with letters ceased with the conversion to all-digit numbering in 1968. In the middle 20th century in North America when a call could not be completed, for example because the phone number was not assigned, had been disconnected, or
7416-457: The last digits typically corresponding to the station's frequency , callsign , or moniker . In the international telephone network, the format of telephone numbers is standardized by ITU-T recommendation E.164 . This code specifies that the entire number should be 15 digits or shorter, and begin with an international calling prefix and a country prefix . For most countries, this is followed by an area code, city code or service number code and
7519-517: The last four area codes with seven-digit dialing and numbers that begin with 988— 506 , 709 , 807 and 867 —would likely have to convert to ten-digit dialing. The launch of the U.S. service in July 2022 caused increased attention to the then-still-pending Canadian plans; a Health Canada statement that month indicated it expected a CRTC decision on the matter before the end of 2022. As an interim measure, in June
7622-402: The local area. An attempt to dial a 555 number from a movie in the United States results in an error message. This reduces the likelihood of nuisance calls. QU incy(5–5555) was also used, because there was no Q available. Phone numbers were traditionally tied down to a single location; because exchanges were "hard-wired", the first three digits of any number were tied to the geographic location of
7725-429: The local calling area without using an area code or city code prefix. For example, a telephone number in North America consists of a three-digit area code, a three-digit central office code, and four digits for the line number. If the numbering plan area does not use an overlay plan with multiple area codes, or if the provider allows it for other technical reasons, seven-digit dialing may be permissible for calls within
7828-409: The media, in particular The New York Times , had misrepresented his position on transgender issues following the election. Moulton clarified that he still supports transgender rights, but simply wanted Democrats to be more open to talking about the issue, saying "Republicans are trying to take away civil rights from trans people, and they're getting away with it because Democrats refuse to even engage in
7931-468: The names of local districts. Names were convenient to use and reduced errors when telephone numbers were exchanged verbally between subscribers and operators. When subscribers could dial themselves, the initial letters of the names were converted to digits as displayed on the rotary dial. Thus, telephone numbers contained one, two, or even three letters followed by up to five numerals. Such numbering plans are called 2L-4N, or simply 2–4, for example, as shown in
8034-448: The need for a comprehensive numbering plan that enabled direct-distance dialing, led to the introduction of all-number dialing in the 1960s. The use of numbers starting in 555- ( KL ondike-5) to represent fictional numbers in U.S. movies, television, and literature originated in this period. The "555" prefix was reserved for telephone company use and was only consistently used for directory assistance (information), being "555–1212" for
8137-535: The photo of a telephone dial of 1939 (right). In this example, LA kewood 2697 indicates that a subscriber dialed the letters L and A , then the digits 2 , 6 , 9 , and 7 to reach this telephone in Lakewood, NJ (USA). The leading letters were typically bolded in print. In December 1930, New York City became the first city in the United States to adopt the two-letter and five-number format (2L-5N), which became
8240-412: The physician, Dr. Moses Greeley Parker, feared that Lowell's four telephone operators might all succumb to sickness and bring about paralysis of telephone service. He recommended the use of numbers for calling Lowell's more than 200 subscribers so that substitute operators might be more easily trained in such an emergency. Parker was convinced of the telephone's potential, began buying stock, and by 1883 he
8343-430: The previous month." The song was made to bring awareness to the hotline and to the problems associated with suicide. Calls to the hotline increased by 50% the night the song was featured on the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards . Many of the callers to several crisis centers have mentioned Logic's song, and a third of those callers were struggling with suicidal thoughts. The song was performed at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards as
8446-600: The prospect, he traveled to early primary states. After announcing his candidacy on April 22, 2019, Moulton withdrew from the race on August 23. Moulton was born on October 24, 1978, in Salem, Massachusetts , to Lynn Alice (née Meader), a secretary, and Wilbur Thomas Moulton, Jr., a real estate attorney. He has two younger siblings, Eliza and Cyrus, and grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts . He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1997, and attended Harvard College , where he earned
8549-466: The public to telephone subscribers who actually were assigned that number. Seth Moulton Seth Wilbur Moulton (born October 24, 1978) is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district since 2015. A former Marine Corps officer , he is a member of the Democratic Party . After graduating from Harvard University in 2001 with
8652-407: The speakership on a 203-to-32 vote, with Moulton voting for her. On August 24, 2021, Moulton, together with Republican representative Peter Meijer , flew unannounced into Hamid Karzai International Airport amid the evacuation of Americans and allies after the fall of Kabul . The two explained that their visit was kept secret to minimize disruption, and that its goal was "to provide guidance" to
8755-527: The standard after World War II , when the Bell System administration designed the North American Numbering Plan to prepare the United States and Canada for Direct Distance Dialing (DDD), and began to convert all central offices to this format. This process was complete by the early 1960s, when a new numbering plan, often called all number calling (ANC) became the standard in North America. In
8858-429: The start. Moulton also received Retired General Stanley McChrystal 's first-ever political endorsement during the campaign. Moulton won the primary with 50.8% of the vote to Tierney's 40.1%. For the general election, Moulton was endorsed by Senator Elizabeth Warren . In October 2014, he received criticism from his Republican opponent when he withdrew from a debate sponsored by radio station WGBH to instead attend
8961-404: The subscriber number, which might consist of the code for a particular telephone exchange . ITU-T recommendation E.123 describes how to represent an international telephone number in writing or print, starting with a plus sign ("+") and the country code . When calling an international number from a landline phone, the + must be replaced with the international call prefix chosen by the country
9064-419: The time Moulton ran for Congress, EHP had no revenue, was still incubating, and had closed its only Massachusetts office. Moulton considered running against Democratic representative John F. Tierney of Massachusetts's 6th congressional district as an Independent in 2012 , but decided against it in July 2012, saying, "the time and the logistics of putting together all the campaign infrastructure, organizing
9167-442: The volunteers ... the fundraising—it's just too much to accomplish in three months." He told Roll Call that his own polling "showed there was in fact a clear path to victory" and said he might run for office in the future. On July 8, 2013, Moulton announced his candidacy in the 2014 congressional race for Massachusetts's 6th district . The race had been recognized for its competitiveness by national and regional media throughout
9270-466: The vote, and defeated Republican nominee John Paul Moran with 65.4% of the vote. Moulton faced Republican nominee Bob May in 2022. He won with 62.9% of the vote. Moulton refused to debate May, calling him an "election denier," citing the Republican candidate's refusal to recognize that President Joe Biden had won the 2020 presidential election . Moulton is running for re-election in 2024. Moulton
9373-437: Was a code of long and short rings, so one party's call might be signaled by two longs and another's by two longs followed by a short. It was not uncommon to have over a dozen ring cadences (and subscribers) on one line. In most areas of North America , telephone numbers in metropolitan communities consisted of a combination of digits and letters, starting in the 1920s until the 1960s. Letters were translated to dialed digits,
9476-461: Was already scheduled to convert to ten-digit dialing by April 2023). The Canadian 988 hotline, managed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), went into service on November 30, 2023. Telephone number A telephone number is a sequence of digits assigned to a landline telephone subscriber station connected to a telephone line or to a wireless electronic telephony device, such as
9579-441: Was experiencing technical difficulties, the call was routed to an intercept operator who informed the caller. In the 1970s this service was converted to Automatic Intercept Systems which automatically choose and present an appropriate intercept message . Disconnected numbers are reassigned to new users after the rate of calls to them declines. Outside of North America operator intercept was rare, although it did exist, for example it
9682-477: Was implemented in July 2022 as an evolution of its predecessor, a 1-800 number that began in 2005. The new 988 number extends to over two hundred crisis centers that provide 24/7 service via a toll-free hotline . The call is routed to the nearest crisis center that provides immediate counseling and a referral to a local mental health service. The Lifeline supports people who call for their own crisis or for someone they care about. A similar operation in Canada
9785-559: Was launched on November 30, 2023. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a component of the National Suicide Prevention Initiative (NSPI), a multi-project effort to reduce suicide led by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 's (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services. In July 2004, SAMHSA released a notice of funding availability (NOFA) as part of its National Suicide Prevention Initiative (NSPI). In keeping with SAMHSA's duty to advance
9888-489: Was never assigned (with limited exceptions such as 555–1212 for directory assistance ). Therefore, American films and TV shows have used 555-xxxx numbers, in order to prevent a number used in such a work from being called. The film Bruce Almighty (2003) originally featured a number that did not have the 555 prefix. In the cinematic release, God ( Morgan Freeman ) leaves 776–2323 on a pager for Bruce Nolan ( Jim Carrey ) to call if he needed God's help. The DVD changes this to
9991-538: Was one of the largest individual stockholders in both the American Telephone Company and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company . Even after the assignment of numbers, operators still connected most calls into the early 20th century: "Hello, Central. Get me Underwood-342." Connecting through operators or "Central" was the norm until mechanical direct-dialing of numbers became more common in
10094-467: Was renamed to 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline on July 15, 2022. 988 was officially implemented as the toll-free nationwide telephone number for the hotline on July 16. According to call centers in Massachusetts, the easier-to-remember number and surrounding publicity increased the number of calls by about 30%. The telephone number is also used for the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL). An increase of calls
10197-462: Was reported to the VCL after the rollout of 988. Google , Bing , Yahoo and Ask.com and most social media services return the telephone number and website of the lifeline as the first result for searches related to suicide, such as "how to tie a noose" or "I want to die." In June 2007, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) partnered with SAMHSA and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to provide
10300-482: Was sometimes used in Ireland . However, in most cases, calls to unassigned or disconnected numbers resulted in an automated message, either giving specific or a generic recorded error message. Some networks and equipment simply returned a number unobtainable , reorder or SIT (special information) tone to indicate an error. In some networks recordings for error messages were (and still are) preceded by an SIT tone. This
10403-575: Was sworn into the 114th United States Congress on January 3, 2015. Following the 2018 elections, Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives. Moulton and some others who felt current leadership was "too old" gathered signatures to replace Nancy Pelosi as the Democrats' leader. Representative Karen Bass was their first choice for leader. Bass rejected the offer, as did others, choosing instead to support Pelosi. On November 28, 2018, Pelosi won
10506-399: Was therefore not invited to the first two Democratic presidential debates , having failed to meet the criteria for invitation. After he withdrew, Moulton's candidacy generated interest after President Donald Trump sarcastically tweeted, in response to stock market fluctuations, "The Dow is down 573 points on the news that Representative Seth Moulton, whoever that may be, has dropped out of
10609-466: Was unopposed for reelection in 2016. Moulton ran against Republican nominee Joseph Schneider in 2018. He won with 65.2% of the vote. In 2018 Moulton created the Serve America PAC, which helped elect Democratic candidates with national service experience. Moulton faced his first primary challenge since taking office. He defeated Democratic challengers Angus McQuilken and Jamie Belsito with 78% of
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