... In the 1970's-'80's ESS central offices began using "terminal numbers" to designate multiple lines hunting off a common number. For example: 765-4321...
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sysinddstar
Dec 11, 2012 4:54 pm
Yesterday I looked at the entries for NPA's 501 and 479 (Arkansas) and found something unusual. In the entries for Little Rock, central office LTRKARFRDS0...
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Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia
Dec 11, 2012 5:09 pm
... I assume you're referring to the "local calling guide" website for where you checked and found those CLLIs on 958 and 959 for those NPAs. I checked NANPA's...
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John Novack
telephonejohn
Dec 11, 2012 5:24 pm
959-1114 without an NPA in the Washington D.C. Metro dialing area is the ANA number. The MD and VA suburbs at least have 10 digit local dialing. Not sure about...
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Mark Roberts
markrobt
Dec 13, 2012 3:33 am
Bay Area news media are reporting that area code 628, which has been in cold storage for more than 12 years, is about to be revived, either as a split or an...
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Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia
Dec 13, 2012 4:37 am
... It's most likely going to be a 415/628 OVERLAY. *IF* it were to be split, 415 would shrink down to just San Francisco City/County itself (and the small...
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Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia
Dec 13, 2012 4:19 pm
The last remaining 1AESS in southeast Florida, Hollywood FL "Hallandale", is scheduled to be replaced with a Genband Packet Remote in the early morning hours...
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Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia
Dec 13, 2012 5:20 pm
In Yahoo:Singing Wires (aka TCI), On Thu, 12/13/12, ... I dunno for certain... BUT since at&t-ILEC (Michigan Bell, Southern Bell, South Central Bell, ...
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Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia
Dec 13, 2012 5:33 pm
On Thu, 12/13/12, Mark J. Cuccia <markjcuccia at yahoo.com> wrote: [ ... ] ... And I forgot to mention that there is still ONE remaining 1AESS in Illinois...
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Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia
Dec 13, 2012 5:41 pm
I found the following news item at http://www.lanereport.com/16771/2012/12/psc-to-announce-western-kentucky-area-code-decision-monday-dec-17/ ... PSC to...
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elmercat
Dec 14, 2012 3:34 pm
... Brings back memories for me; I remember that Central Office well. It was one of the first ESS exchanges at a time when most South Florida offices were step...
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Joseph Singer
thekiltedguy
Dec 15, 2012 3:39 pm
... Just out of curiosity, was there a mirror ball over the switchboard? :) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Joseph Singer, Seattle,...
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elmercat
Dec 16, 2012 4:25 pm
... Sadly there was no mirror ball, but callers who had to wait heard Disco music on hold. Before becoming a technician for OKI I worked as a disco DJ in Ft....
The Kentucky PSC has approved an OVERLAY of Area Code 270 with the new 364 Area Code. They had previously approved a 270/364 NPA split back in 2007, but the...
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Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia
Dec 18, 2012 5:26 pm
Does anyone know what happened to Will Cardwell's "Atlanta Telephone History" website? http://www.atlantatelephonehsitory.info ?? I remember visiting the site...
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flyonpa
Dec 20, 2012 12:09 am
The Domain (web address) expired on Expiration: 2012-11-02 Most web hosting companies give it another month then they block access, few months later InterNic...
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John Novack
telephonejohn
Dec 20, 2012 1:46 am
From the owner Will Cardwell ... Subject: Re: [local-calling-guide] Re: Atlanta Telephone History website down? gone? Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:30:16 -0500 ...
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Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia
Dec 20, 2012 9:27 pm
Today, Thu-20-Dec-2012.... the Atlanta Telephone History website is up and running again! :-) http://www.atlantatelephonehistory.info Thanks to all who...
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John Novack
telephonejohn
Dec 22, 2012 1:12 am
Response from Will ... Subject: Re: [C/O X-Bar] Atlanta Telephone History website down? gone? Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:36:12 -0500 From: WillPhone2000...
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Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia
Dec 22, 2012 1:12 am
Thanks, John, that's good to know. I hope that Will's web-hosting company will get the problem resolved soon! ... mjc ... On Wed, 12/19/12, ... From: ...
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Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia
Dec 23, 2012 5:15 am
On tonight's Saturday night "mini-marathon" of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on the nostalgic-based "Antenna-TV" network service, one of the four half-hour...
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Sklar, Robert
sklarbob
Dec 26, 2012 1:36 pm
116 was used for the emergency operator by GTE CO's in the LA area back around 1970, although I don't recall it being published. Some of the GTE areas along...
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Mark J. Cuccia
markjcuccia
Dec 26, 2012 2:17 pm
... But did the Pacific Telephone (Bell) areas also use 116? ... They wouldn't have used 111. This was "repeatedly absorbed". If you dialed 111, the...
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Sklar, Robert
sklarbob
Dec 26, 2012 2:47 pm
They wouldn't have used 111. The GTE SXS offices in West Los Angeles did not absorb the first "1", although I do remember that on panel and 5XB offices in...
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Ray
czg7777
Jan 12, 2013 9:09 pm
It has recently come to my attention that there is a "Local Calling Guide.com" page on Facebook. I don't know who created it, but it seems to have been around...
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Justin
justgold1979
Jan 23, 2013 12:33 pm
I've already submitted this tidbit to Ray, but I thought I'd post it here as well. Earthlink business (formerly Deltacom) customers in the atlanta area (at...
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Bob Sklar
sklarbob
May 6, 2013 4:39 pm
In the Local Calling Guide entries for NPA's 264 (Anguilla) and 268 (Antigua and Barbuda), I notice that "4D" is presented as a permissible home NPA local...
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czg
czg7777
May 6, 2013 7:25 pm
This is straight from NANPA - http://nanpa.com/enas/npaDialingPlansReport.do According to that report, only 264 and 268 have 4D as an option. I suspect it's...
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sully0673
May 6, 2013 9:02 pm
I believe also that this is a typo. There is no indication within the NANPA site for a definition of a 4D calling plan. The ITU does indicate that LD calls...
