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Bell System Practice suggested these exchange names

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     22
     23
     24
     25
     26
     27
     28
     29
ACademy
BAldwin
CApital
CAstle
     ADams
BElmont
BEverly
CEdar
CEnter
CEntral
     CHapel
CHerry
CHestnut
CHurchill
CIrcle
     ALpine
BLackburn
CLearbrook
CLearwater
CLifford
CLinton
     AMherst
ANdrew
COlfax
COlony
COngress
     BRidge
BRoad(way)
BRown(ing)
CRestview
CRestwood
     ATlantic
ATlas
ATwater
ATwood
AVenue
BUtler
AXminster
AXtel
CYpress
     32
     33
     34
     35
     36
     37
     38
     39
     DAvenport
DAvis
EAst(gate)
FAculty
FAirfax
FAirview
     DEerfield
DEwey
EDgewater
EDgewood
EDison
FEderal
     DIamond
DIckens
FIeldbrook
FIeldstone
FIllmore
FIrestone
     ELgin
ELliot
ELmwood
FLanders
FLeetwood
     EMerson
EMpire
ENdicott
FOrest
FOxcroft
     DRake
DRexel
ESsex
FRanklin
FRontier
     DUdley
DUnkirk
DUpont
EVergreen
FUlton
EXbrook
EXeter
EXport
EXpress
     42
     43
     44
     45
     46
     47
     48
     49
     GArden
GArfield
HAmilton
HArrison
HAzel
     GEneral
GEneva
HEmlock
HEmpstead
IDlewood
     GIbson
GIlbert
HIckman
HIckory
HIllcrest
HIlltop
     GLadstone
GLencourt
GLendale
GLenview
GLobe
     HObart
HOmestead
HOpkins
HOward
INgersoll
     GRanite
GReenwood
GReenfield
GReenleaf
GRover
GRidley
     HUbbard
HUdson
HUnter
HUntley
HUxley
IVanhoe
GYpsy
HYacinth
HYatt
     52
     53
     54
     55
     56
     57
     58
     59
     JAckson
LAfayette
LAkeside
LAkeview
LAmbert
LAwrence
     JEfferson
KEllogg
KEystone
LEhigh
LEnox
     KImball
KIngsdale
KIngswood
LIberty
LIncoln
LInden
     (In 1955, this
was reserved
for radio
telephone
numbers)
JOhn
JOrdan
LOcust
LOgan
LOwell
     (In 1955, this
was reserved
for radio
telephone
numbers)
     JUdson
JUniper
JUno
JUstice
LUdlow
LUther
LYceum
LYndhurst
LYnwood
LYric
     62
     63
     64
     65
     66
     67
     68
     69
     MAdison
MAin
MArket
MAyfair
NAtional
     MEdford
MElrose
MErcury
NEptune
NEwton
NEwtown
     MIdway
MIlton
MIssion
MItchell
NIagara
     OLdfield
OLive
OLiver
OLympia
OLympic
     MOhawk
MOntrose
MOrris
NOrmandy
NOrth(field)
     ORange
ORchard
ORiole
ORleans
OSborne
     MUrdock
MUrray
MUseum
MUtual
OVerbrook
OVerland
MYrtle
OWen
OXbow
OXford
     72
     73
     74
     75
     76
     77
     78
     79
     PAlace
PArk(view)
PArk(way)
RAndolph
RAymond
SAratoga
     PErshing
REd(field)
REd(wood)
REgent
REpublic
     PIlgrim
PIoneer
RIver(side)
RIver(view)
SHadyside
SHerwood
     PLateau
PLaza
PLeasant
PLymouth
SKyline
     POplar
POrter
ROckwell
ROger(s)
SOuth(field)
     PRescott
PResident
PRospect
SPring
SPruce
     STate
STerling
STillwell
STory
SUnset
     PYramid
SWathmore
SWift
SWinburne
SYcamore
     82
     83
     84
     85
     86
     87
     88
     89
     TAlbot
TAlmadge
TAylor
VAlley
VAndyke
     TEmple
TEnnyson
TErminal
TErrace
VErnon
     THornwell
TIlden
VIctor(ia)
VIking
VInewood
ULrick
ULster
ULysses
     TOwnsend
UNderhill
UNion
UNiversity
VOlunteer
     TRemont
TRiangle
TRinity
TRojan
UPtown
TUcker
TUlip
TUrner
TUxedo
     TWilight
TWinbrook
TWinoaks
TWining
     92
     93
     94
     95
     96
     97
     98
     99
     WAbash
WAlker
WAlnut
WArwick
WAverly
     WEbster
WElls
WEllington
WEst(more)
YEllowstone
     WHitehall
WHitney
WIlliam(s)
WIlson
WIndsor
     (In 1955, this
was reserved
for radio
telephone
numbers)
     WOodland
WOodlawn
WOodward
WOrth
YOrktown
     (In 1955, this
was reserved
for radio
telephone
numbers)
YUkon
     WYandotte
WYndown
WYman

70.108.195.219 (talk) 10:44, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blues Brothers comment

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Recent add:

In the 1980 film, The Blues Brothers, several examples of "old style" exchange numbers can be seen, such as on the business card handed to the mens-only hotel clerk by a police officer. This suggests that even as late as the early 1980s, the move away from exchange names was not yet 100% complete.

I think this should be considered more a stylistic riff than a reflection of the state of the transition away from exchange names. Although set in contemporary times, the movie is trying to pick up an earlier vibe, and this part of that attempt. By 1980, exchange names were only used nostalgically. Think of this as being something like the phones with dials and TVs with round channel knobs in Calvin and Hobbes -- both utterly obsolete at the time Bill Watterson was drawing them, and he was well aware of this, but liked the way they looked. Same thing with John Landis and The Blues Brothers.--NapoliRoma 06:30, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Old thread, but... Not sure about that. Even in 1983 and 1984 I was still seeing exchange names listed here and there, so I'm not sure how accurate your assertion is (I still remember a YUkon number I learned in the '80s [YUkon 4-9463]... and I was only a little kid in the '80s, born long past when exchange names supposedly were no longer existent). Even your comment about Calvin and Hobbes seems wrong since even in the late-'90s TVs were still being sold with "klunk-klunk" round dials (the last CRT tv I bought, in fact, had round knobs, and that was in the 2000s... factory new, not second-hand [I wanted push buttons and a remote, but I was poor at the time, so went cheap]), but C&H started in the mid-'80s. That's actually how I ended up on this page today—I remember them still in use in the early-1980s in urban SoCal, as a kid, long past when they should have been gone. — al-Shimoni (talk) 20:50, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"commercial vehicle"?

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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? WAverly 6-5309?--Ragemanchoo 13:48, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A commercial vehicle is a vehicle used for the purposes of commerce, such as a bakery truck or plumber's van, as opposed to a personal vehicle. A brand new commercial vehicle would be one that had just been put into use. The editor is noting surprise that a newly deployed vehicle of this kind in the 21st century would still be using exchange names.--NapoliRoma 15:36, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

False datas for Parisians numbers

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I had an old french telephone directory and never in I read Pompadour (706, no exchange), Louvre (508, in fact GUtenberg) an Pigalle (744 in fact TRUdaine).Philippenusbaumer (talk) 17:50, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

POMpadour, LOUvre, and PIGalle were certainly all valid Paris exchanges. Remember that not every exchange name was in use right from the start, some were added as the years went by to cater for growth, so the exact list of exchange names you find in a directory will depend upon how old that directory happens to be.
Also, you seem to have some of the other names and numerical equivalents mixed up. Yes, there were GUTenberg and TRUdaine exchanges, but GUTenberg was 488 (not 508), and TRUdaine was 878 (not 744). 146.90.55.170 (talk) 20:07, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(re:you seem to have some of the other names and numerical equivalents mixed up) The article needs more information on European non-standard number/letter mappings. Also, in the days of local manual exchanges, some businesses would have paid for "foreign exchange" lines, where they would want their same numerical number in more exchanges than their geographically-local exchange. They could also have used different exchange listings as a way to distribute their incoming call volume.71.230.16.111 (talk) 20:40, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

London cutover

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The first (London) Director exchange Holburn Tandem at 270 High Holburn was opened in 1927 according to the BT Archives website [1], although it says (cryptically) that the “director” was introduced in 1922. There were prrobably some changes to London manual exchange names and numbers needed before the cutover of Holburn Tandem in 1927. Hugo999 (talk) 23:33, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GArfield 1-2323

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A Cleveland Ohio Business "Cleveland replacement windows and vinyl company" Still advertises it,s phone number as GArfeild 1-2323 in most recent years an 800 has been put in front of it . The company's website is also http://www.garfield12323.com/ any one that's grow up in North East Ohio ( Cleaveland Akron canton Youngstown and even Toledo to the west grew up singing the GArfield 1-2323 Jingle . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.198.195.26 (talk) 13:58, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Exchange Exceptions - Scope of Page

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Local traditions sometimes provided exceptions to the standard Bell System exchange names. In San Francisco the names BAyview and LOmbard were in use, reflecting local geographic place or street names.

The scope of this page is not just telecommunications - it might be equally or more appropriate if it were included in a historical context like the History of Technology portal. --Mccainre (talk) 16:56, 18 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Table = Letters

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Might as well, since that's what you dial. 108.66.234.23 (talk) 01:51, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Which names correspond to which codes?

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For example, which 22 is AC? Which ones are BA or CA? 108.65.80.28 (talk) 17:49, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There is no fixed arrangement. In Edmonton, Canada, numbers that numerically were 488-xxxx were HUnter 8, while 489-xxxx were HUdson 9; they were in geographically different areas of the city, so did not use the same name. On the other hand, 422 and 424 were in the same area, so both were GArden. GBC (talk) 14:09, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Fictitious exchanges

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Was KLondike (which translates to 55) an officially designated fictitious exchange used on 1950's TV shows and movies, the early equivalent to the 555 prefix?

Radio identifiers based on 55, 57, 95, 97

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Not all companies used this scheme. British Columbia Telephone (and possibly also Quebec Telephone, owned by the same company as owned BC Tel) used a very different scheme, e.g. N41 and others (I have a multi-page document in my collection, but I don't have it handy). As to the information deleted by User:Kbrose, Northwestel of Whitehorse and AGT of Alberta used pairs of letters to identify channel frequencies.

For Northwestel, using a 12-channel mobile, for frequencies at 30 kHz intervals from 152.51 MHz to 152.84 MHz, the identifications were JL, YL, JP, YP, YJ, YK, JS, YS, YR, JK, JR, JW. For AGT, using a 24-channel mobile, for frequencies at 15 kHz intervals from 152.495 to 152.840 MHz, the identifications were XJ, JL, XK, YL, XL, JP, XP, YP, XR, YJ, XS, YK, XT, JS, XU, YS, XV, YR, XW, JK, XX, JR, XY, JW.

Say that I wanted to call a radio on a specific Whitehorse channel that I knew the called party stood by on with a voice call receiver. I would ask the operator to call 2M-6561 on the Whitehorse YJ channel. The operator would plug into that channel (on a cordboard), and announce, "Whitehorse YJ calling 2M-6561... 2M-6561... 2M-6561." Thusly, the two-letter combination, representing 95 for YJ, were used to identify channels. BC Tel had its own system, and, like AGT, users roamed into our Northwestel area, and BC Tel users had those unusual identifiers.

Also deleted by Kbrose: this system was hopelessly crowded in major cities by the 1970s, with waiting lists of people who couldn't get service until someone else was canceled. The service continued well into the 1990s in more remote areas, and even into the 2000-2010 period in Yukon and the N.W.T. before satellite became affordable or cellular service - with much shorter distance functionality - reached more areas outside of communities. GBC (talk) 14:11, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What has all this to do with central office names? kbrose (talk) 04:05, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

JUniper dialing

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Looks to be an error, it seems the last sentence should read: In the other direction, to call JUniper 4 from JUniper 6, the subscriber would lift the receiver and speak to the JUniper 6 operator who would in turn dial the JUniper 4 number. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.144.22.161 (talk) 22:52, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]