Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-winken!netsys!vector!nobody From: zygot!john@apple.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: area code map Message-ID: Date: 27 Jan 89 06:19:19 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 16 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 35, message 4 On Jan 26 at 19:17, bruce nelson writes: > There weren't any area codes before the 60's. To call long distance, you had > to tell the operator what city and number you were calling. Excuse me. The NPA was established in about 1951. I happen to have a local 1956 telephone directory with an area code map and long distance dialing instructions. I remember that Grandma's phone number was preceded by "816" (she lived in Independence, MO) and then, as now, a "1" was not dialed before long distance. The operator was used only for collect, third party billing, and person to person calls. There certainly were area codes before the sixties! -- John Higdon john@zygot ..sun!{apple|cohesive|pacbell}!zygot!john