Most BOCs and LECs in the US and Canada still do offer Speed-8 and
> Speed-30. It is/was NOT speed-32.
SBC in California offers only Speed 8 these days.
When they offered both the 8-list was accessed with feature code 74; the
30-list with feature code 75.
The real advantage of the speed list was the storing of long international dialing strings. The speed list, as I recall, could store up to 16 digits.
But, almost everyone other than the LECs offer cheaper international rates, etc, etc.
My SBC wireline service is now toll-restricted and limited to incoming and local outgoing calls.
They can't compete with Vonage, so they are trying to destroy it.