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In reply to the discussion: Do Phone Number "Area Codes" Actually Matter Anymore? [View all]Chipper Chat
(9,671 posts)34. I still remember phone numbers from 1949.
Our house 1078-J
My aunt was 1126-X
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You picked up the phone and waited for an operator to say "number please."
You gave her the number and she had to take a long cord and plug it into a hole. Sometimes you got someone you didn't know because the operator misunderstood the number. It was fun when you recognized the wrong party's voice and just started up a conversation with them. Then of course sometimes you heard a faint "click" which meant someone else had picked up the phone and was listening in for some potential gossip.
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Those were the days!
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IDK about a 666 area code, but once worked in the 666 exchange. That was in more enlightened times.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#5
Area codes DO matter. If you keep your cell phone with its NYC area code when you move to,
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#9
Actually, they do matter. If you only dial 7 digits it's assumed the area code is your own.
Gorp
Feb 2013
#19
LATA = "Local Access and Transport Area". If you need to need more, here's a good explanation...
Gorp
Feb 2013
#26
I Can't Imagine My Mom, the Phone Operator, Cussing Someone - No Matter How Much You Deserved it.
dballance
Feb 2013
#59
Given the reaction when Verizon gave us a hanful of 714 instead of 949 numbers...
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Feb 2013
#38
The zip code in Topeka, Kansas home of the Westboro Baptist Church begins 666
MuseRider
Feb 2013
#52