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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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