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A party line (multiparty line, shared service line, party wire) is a local loop telephone circuit that is shared by multiple telephone service subscribers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Party line systems were widely used to provide telephone service, starting with the first commercial switchboards in 1878. [ 4 ]
A rural telephone number, often party line, had often up to four digits and a letter or letter and digits to indicate which of the multiple parties on the line was desired. Various methods were used to convert these to dialable numbers as dial systems replaced manual switchboards; many moderately-large cities used a 2L-4N format where "ADelaide ...
In rural areas with magneto crank telephones connected to party lines, the local phone number consisted of the line number plus the ringing pattern of the subscriber. To dial a number such as "3R122" meant making a request to the operator the third party line (if making a call off your own local one), followed by turning the telephone's crank ...
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645: Overlay complex with 305 and 786 for Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys; 656: Overlay with 813 for all of Hillsborough County, including Tampa, Plant City; inland areas of Pasco County, and parts of Oldsmar in Pinellas County; 689: Overlay with 407 and part of 321 for Orlando, Cocoa Beach, Kissimmee, St. Cloud and central eastern Florida
Party line or Party Line may refer to: Party line (politics), the agenda of a political party; Party line (telephony), a system where multiple telephone customers are ...
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