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Area Code 262
Telephone Central Office Pictures

The following are respresntative examples of telephone central office buildings in Area Code 262 (southeastern Wisconsin).

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This section was insipred by Telephone Central Offices and Telebeans.Org


Allenton

Listing Updated:
April 2007

Operating Company:
Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
ALNTWIXARS0

Switch Type:
Automatic Electric Remote Switching Unit

Prefixes Served:
(262) 629

Notes:
Originally was an Automatic Electric Step by Step switch.
Host: Slinger, WI (SLNGWIXADS0)
Source: Joe in WI

 

Milwaukee Zone 2

"Fairway Drive"

Listing Updated:
June 2007

Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Ameritech/Wisconsin Telephone

CLLI:
MILWWI45DS1

Switch Type:
Lucent 5ESS

Prefixes Served:
(262) 641, 780, 782, 784-7, 796-7
(414) 566

Notes:
Originally was a #5 Crossbar switch
Old EXchange Name: SUnset (782, 784, 786)
Regional tandem for Milwaukee suburbs
Also serves (414) 566 in Milwaukee Zone 1.
Source: Joe in WI

 

New Berlin

(Milwaukee CLEC)

Photo 2

 

Listing Updated:
June 2007

Operating Company:
TDS Telecom

CLLI:
NWBLWICYDS0
NWBLWICYDS1

Switch Type:
Siemens EWSD

Prefixes Served:
DS0: Various 262, 414 and 920 numbers
DS1: (414) 292

Notes:
CLEC that serves Milwuakee and other nearby towns. Tower is US Cellular. Photo 2 shows a close up of the tower.
Source: Joe in WI

 

West Bend

Listing Updated:
September 2007

Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Ameritech/Wisconsin Telephone

CLLI:
WBNDWI01DS0

Switch Type:
Lucent 5ESS

Prefixes Served:
(262) 306, 334-5, 338, 365

Notes:
This CO was a SxS until 1970, then 1ESS/1AESS until 1990, now a Lucent 5ESS.
Source: Joe in WI

 

 


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