Ahh party lines. Almost as bad as using my parents' line for a modem and
they would pick it up. And rotary. You hated anybody with a nine in their
number.
I always wanted to know the history behind how the White House got its own
CO. I figured it was security related since it's 202-456-
On 2022 May 02, at 22:40, Kevin A. McGrail wrote:
> Fascinating thread I just stumbled on. Yes, in early parts of the phone
> system, the letters were geographic and referenced the street for where the
> central office was located switching those calls. For example, in Arlington
> VA, my
I think the 80's horror film with Jeff Goldblum was really the final
nail in the coffin. -KAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Jm1YPQRsM
On 5/3/2022 3:47 PM, Loren Wilton wrote:
Named toll codes stayed around until the mid to late 1960s. What
finished them off was the introduction of DDD -
Fascinating thread I just stumbled on. Yes, in early parts of the phone
system, the letters were geographic and referenced the street for where
the central office was located switching those calls. For example, in
Arlington VA, my grandfathers number was 533-9389 which was referred to as
Fascinating thread I just stumbled on. Yes, in early parts of the phone
system, the letters were geographic and referenced the street for where
the central office was located switching those calls. For example, in
Arlington VA, my grandfathers number was 533-9389 which was referred to
as
On 25 Jun 2021, at 12:24, RW wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:51:24 -0700
> Loren Wilton wrote:
>
>> From a fake "subscription" spam:
>>
>> You can reach out
>> to our Customer Support Team+1 (800) 781 - 2511.
>
>
> Is it common in the US to put 800 in brackets like that?
Yes.
> In my
>
On 6/25/21 1:12 PM, Bill Cole wrote:
There was also an old nomenclature system that mapped the local exchange
prefix to 2 letters and a digit, with the 2 letters being an
abbreviation of some word. For example, as a kid I had a "Parkview 1"
number: 721-. Businesses would often put their
On Fri, 25 Jun 2021, Greg Troxel wrote:
RW writes:
You can reach out
to our Customer Support Team+1 (800) 781 - 2511.
Is it common in the US to put 800 in brackets like that? In my
experience brackets normally go around either country codes or area
codes, digits that may be optional.
On 2021-06-25 at 14:24:13 UTC-0400 (Fri, 25 Jun 2021 19:24:13 +0100)
RW
is rumored to have said:
On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:51:24 -0700
Loren Wilton wrote:
From a fake "subscription" spam:
You can reach out
to our Customer Support Team+1 (800) 781 - 2511.
Is it common in the US to put 800
RW writes:
>> You can reach out
>>to our Customer Support Team+1 (800) 781 - 2511.
>
> Is it common in the US to put 800 in brackets like that? In my
> experience brackets normally go around either country codes or area
> codes, digits that may be optional.
Yes, it common. The proper form
On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:51:24 -0700
Loren Wilton wrote:
> From a fake "subscription" spam:
>
> You can reach out
>to our Customer Support Team+1 (800) 781 - 2511.
Is it common in the US to put 800 in brackets like that? In my
experience brackets normally go around either country codes or
From a fake "subscription" spam:
You can reach out
to our Customer Support Team+1 (800) 781 - 2511.
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