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Area Code 608
Telephone Central Office
Pictures
The following are respresntative examples of telephone central office buildings in Area Code 608 (southwestern Wisconsin).
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This section was insipred by Telephone Central Offices and Telebeans.Org
Adams
Listing Updated:
June 2007Operating Company:
Verizon/GTECLLI:
ADMSWIXARS0Switch Type:
Automatic Electric Remote Switching UnitPrefixes Served:
(608) 339Notes:
Orignally was an Automatic Electric Step by Step switch, then a Vidar switch (circa 1980), and now an Automatic Electric RSU (circa 2003).
Host: Mauston (MSTNWIXADS1)
Source: Joe in WI
Briggsville
Listing Updated:
June 2007Operating Company:
Verizon/GTECLLI:
BRGVWIXARS0Switch Type:
Automatic Electric Remote Switching UnitPrefixes Served:
(608) 340, 981Notes:
Orignally was an Automatic Electric Step by Step switch. This was one of the last central offices in the state cut to a digital switch (around 1999).
Host: Wisconsin Dells (WIDLWIXADS0)
Source: Joe in WI
Brooks
Listing Updated:
April 2007Operating Company:
Marquette-Adams Telephone CooperativeCLLI:
BRKSWIXARS0Switch Type:
Stromberg-Siemens DCO remotePrefixes Served:
(608) 584Notes:
At one time was a Leich Step by Step switch.
Host: Oxford (OXFRWIXADS1).
Photo 2 shows an old pay phone booth, located in town of Easton. Calls are 25 cents. Phone does not work too well. Touch tone buttons are badn and hook has lots of static. Phone can be called. The light dows work. This booth may be the last one by this phone company, as the 2 pay phones outside the company HQ are now gone.
Source: Joe in WI
De Forest
Listing Updated:
June 2007Operating Company:
CenturyTelCLLI:
DFRSWIXADS1Switch Type:
Lucent 5ESSPrefixes Served:
(608) 842, 846Notes:
Source: Joe in WI
Lyndon Station
Listing Updated:
April 2007Operating Company:
Verizon/GTECLLI:
LYSTWIXARL0Switch Type:
RTDISC-SPrefixes Served:
(608) 666Notes:
Host: Wisconsin Dells (WIDLWIXADS0)
At one time was a Vidar remote off of the Mauston WI switch. Before that it was a Leich step by step switch.
Source: Joe in WI
Mauston
Listing Updated:
June 2007Operating Company:
Verizon/GTECLLI:
MSTNWIXADS1Switch Type:
Automatic Electric GTD-5EAXPrefixes Served:
(608) 350, 847Notes:
Had a Vidar switch circa 1980, GTD-5EAX was added later. Vidar customers were later folded into GTD-5EAX in 2003. Pay phone is central office controlled.
Source: Joe in WI
Merrimac
Listing Updated:
June 2007Operating Company:
Verizon/GTECLLI:
MRMCWIXARS0Switch Type:
Automatic Electic Remote Switching UnitPrefixes Served:
(608) 493Notes:
Photo 2 is a central office controlled pay phone.
Host: Sauk City (SKCYWIXADS0)
Source: Joe in WI
Montello
Listing Updated:
April 2007Operating Company:
Verizon/GTECLLI:
MTLLWIXARS0Switch Type:
Automatic Electric Remote Switching UnitPrefixes Served:
(608) 297Notes:
Host: Portage (PRTGWIXADS0)
Source: Joe in WI
North Freedom
Listing Updated:
April 2007Operating Company:
CenturyTelCLLI:
NFDMWI11RS0Switch Type:
Siemens EWSD Remote Switching UnitPrefixes Served:
(608) 522Notes:
Originally was a Community Dial Office Step by Step switch (with new ring). Was SBC/ Ameritech/Wisconsin Bell before it was sold to CenturyTel
Host: Baraboo (BARBWI01DSA)
Source: Joe in WI
Oxford
Listing Updated:
April 2007Operating Company:
Marquette-Adams Telephone CooperativeCLLI:
OXFRWIXADS1Switch Type:
Siemens EWSDPrefixes Served:
(608) 586Notes:
Source: Joe in WI
Sauk City
Listing Updated:
September 2007Operating Company:
Verizon/GTECLLI:
SKCYWIXADS0Switch Type:
Automatic Electric GTD-5EAXPrefixes Served:
(608) 643, 644Notes:
Was a manual exchange until 1962 than an AE SXS untill 1989, now a GTD-5.
Source: Joe in WI
Westfield
Listing Updated:
April 2007Operating Company:
Verizon/GTECLLI:
WSFDWIXARS0Switch Type:
Automatic Electric Remote Switching UnitPrefixes Served:
(608) 296Notes:
Host: Portage (PRTGWIXADS0)
Source: Joe in WI
Wisconsin Dells
Listing Updated:
April 2007Operating Company:
Verizon/GTECLLI:
WIDLWIXADS0Switch Type:
Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAXPrefixes Served:
(608) 253-4Notes:
Was an Automatic Elextric Step by Step with 4th selector (2 exchanges) until the early 90's.
Source: Joe in WI
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