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Telephone numbers listed in 1920 in New York City having three-letter exchange prefixes. In the United States, the most-populous cities, such as New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago, initially implemented dial service with telephone numbers consisting of three letters and four digits (3L-4N) according to a system developed by W. G. Blauvelt of AT&T in 1917. [1]
Area code 603 in a 1956 map, covering the whole state.. Area code 603 is the sole area code for the U.S. state of New Hampshire in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). It was created as one of the original 86 numbering plan areas in October 1947.
The company's operations in Vermont were separated into Telephone Operating Company of Vermont, which is wholly owned by NNETO. NNETO is separate from Northern Telephone Company of Maine, a FairPoint subsidiary which consists of some former Contel lines sold off by GTE in 1994.
An incumbent local exchange carrier is a local exchange carrier (LEC) in a specific area that on the date of enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 , provided telephone exchange service on the date of enactment, was deemed to be a member of the National Exchange Carrier Association pursuant to the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R ...
The Glenn Miller tune PEnnsylvania 6-5000 refers to telephone number PE6-5000, a number in service at the Hotel Pennsylvania (212 736-5000) in New York City until the hotel's closing in 2020. Similarly, the movie BUtterfield 8 is set in the East Side of Manhattan between roughly 64th and 86th Streets, where the telephone prefixes include 288.
A New Hampshire resident has died from eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, a rare but deadly virus spread by mosquitoes, the state’s Health Department announced Tuesday.
Under "Phase-in of All-number Calling", it says "Even today, however, it is not uncommon in New York City to see a brand new commercial vehicle with a telephone number such as 'JA 6-xxxx'." What the heck does that mean exactly? Also, if my phone number was 926-5309, how would that be written out today as a "2-5 numbers" or 2L-5D number?
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