Bill,

  Makes more sense... thanks.  jmz


On 8/20/07, Bill Lindley <wlindley@wlindley.com> wrote:
>
> Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> > in the 50s, at least in NY, phone numbers used to be written down
> > using random letters as well as numbers.
> They weren't random letters, they were Exchange Names.  A Central Office
> could have one or more Exchange switches.
>
> In metro Phoenix, some of the Exchanges were
>
>     ALpine (25)
>     BRoadway (27)
>     ...
>     WHitney [Scottsdale] (94)
>     WOodland [Tempe] (96)
>
> As the telephone system grew, an additional number was added to the
> exchange, so "WOodland-1234" would have become "WO6-1234" ...
>
> ANC, All Number Calling, was introduced to Phoenix in 1963, abolishing
> the exchange names.
>
> More:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_exchange_names
>
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