Welcome to the group Robert! I realy like the old exchange names. I collect old telephone dial centers/number cards. Many have the old exchange names. I enjoy...
I researched this for Phoenix and Tucson (both Bell areas) a few years ago and I don't have my notes handy, so here goes from memory: DDD first came to Phoenix...
Hi! It was 1191. in some areas if you added a digit after the last 1 ie. 11912 the ring back would be coded 2 short rings etc. The change from 112 to 1 for...
Hi: In addition to the introduction of Automatic Number Identification referred to by Tom, the change from 112 to 1 often coincided with the changing of...
Hi: In addition to the introduction of Automatic Number Identification referred to by Tom, the change from 112 to 1 often coincided with the changing of...
... However, in Tucson even in the mid-1970s (using "1+" LD access) the operator still came on the line to ask for your number! By sometime in the late 1970s...
Good morning, all, Thank you for the great information concerning long distance dialing changing from 112 to 1! Exactly when did the aforementioned subject...
Hi again ... Are there people in this group that repair their own old phones? I have a few that I need to fix. Doing a Google search yields many different...
Bobby, The change to ANC (All Number Calling) started mid 1960. The method and time duration for the change varied from one Bell Operating company to...
PS In Wisconsin directories beginning in the fall of 1960 a small notice in the introductory pages titled "A New Look in Telephone Numbers" appeared. The ...
As you may have noticed, the database of EXchange names was offline for awhile. I had a free moment today and was able to fix it, so it's back. Thanks, Robert...
They keep sending me this and it occurred to me that someone on the list might actually be interested in this, so here it is: Robert -- Robert Crowe Telephone...
Hi, Yes some 1+ were ONI (Operator Number Idintification) the change FROM 112 was usually the change I explained. In Wisconsin all 4 and 8 party lines...
Tom, I took this to be the equipment of an exchange, not the exchange name itself. If there's some way to make money from exchange names, I'd like to know...
Thomas, I believe New York Telephone was the only phone company I've found so far that did that. When I moved from New Castle, PA to Lockport, NY in 1965, I...
Bobby, I don't know about other places but where I lived in New Castle, PA, (412 area code), when the March, 1962, telephone directory came out, Bell Telephone...
Sorry about my lack of a descriptive title, but I couldn't think of how to summarize my two questions.. If my exchange code was SYcamore and the first three...
Speakeasygrrl, To answer your first question: not exactly! The only cities or areas that I have found so far that used the first three letters of an exchange...
Hi Robert. I repair my own old phones. I only know how to repair some phones that were made by WESTERN ElECTRIC. I can fix Candle sticks, 102's, 202's, 300's,...
The issue of whether or not 3L-4N numbers ever existed on Staten island (as they did in the rest of New York City prior to December of 1930) is now settled;...
Hi all! Just got this exchange name from a WE Dial Center. NAtional 2- 3259. Any idea? Thanks, Mike ... Do you Yahoo!? Free online calendar with sync to...
Hi, Mike: Checking the Wsst Coast, the only possibility is Placerville, Calif. The only other NAtional 2 is Pomona, Calif., but that was served by General...
Or Chicago: "When you're thinkin' Lincoln Lincoln Better carpeting for less Call NAtional 2-9000 National 2-9 [rrrrrrrrrring!!!] thousand!" Or so went the old...
Hi, Beth, Russ, Johnny, et al.: I'm pretty sure it was ADams 2-9141, which had previously been ADams 9141. I surely do remember the commercials at least. ...
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