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... This is ALMOST correct, but not quite. The northeastern New Jersey communities in question were in fact served by another company, New York and New Jersey
... This isn't QUITE correct, though close. There was a company called "New York and New Jersey Telephone Company" (apparently, though I'm not certain, a
... I don't have much to contribute, but here's one small data point. According to a card file that I used to catalog my telephone book collection, I had in my
The "Quad Cities" area which straddles the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinois is made up of the following ratecenters/exchnage areas: Iowa-side