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Nebraska already had good infrastructure because the Strategic Air Command (SAC, the Air Force command tasked with managing the Air Force's nuclear weapons) was based in Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha and needed [[Crazy Prepared|insane amounts of incoming phone lines as insurance]]. As a location? The state is triple-landlocked (three states or provinces away from tidewater in any direction, including Canada or México). A "Nebraska Admiral" therefore held a purely-honorary title which militarily ranked on par with Kentucky's Colonel Harlan Sanders, but the state is strategic both for SAC (which had installed massive communications infrastructure which mostly wouldn't be needed unless and until [[Cold War|the Soviets]] start [[World War III]]) and anyone else who required a strategic position in the geographic centre of the nation. As more call centres set up shop in Omaha, Northwestern Bell added infrastructure. The lines going into "Reservation Row" and the hotel chain call centres soon dwarfed those originally used by the SAC.
The original InWATS system was eventually replaced by a modern system controlled by computers. Every call was itemised and US interstate, US intrastate and Canadian inbound freephone calls could be all answered on one easily-memorable number which could be forwarded anywhere, without requiring special flat-rate inbound trunks. The innkeeper who couldn't ask for 1-800-HOLIDAY
Often summed up quite simply with "Void where prohibited," a magical phrase which shifts the onus of learning about obscure laws away from the seller and onto the consumer.
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