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  2. The history of the American phone book - AOL

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    Keep reading to learn more about the history of American phone books and where you can still access them today. George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images. 1878: First phone directory printed in ...

  3. Telephone directory - Wikipedia

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    A telephone directory is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Learn about the history, types, and publication of telephone directories, and how they have changed with the Internet and smartphones.

  4. History of the telephone in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Learn how the telephone evolved from a local service to a global communication device in the U.S. from 1876 to the present. Explore the role of AT&T, Bell System, and public pay telephones in American history.

  5. North American Numbering Plan - Wikipedia

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    The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering system for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. It uses a three-digit area code to identify each numbering plan area (NPA) and a seven-digit telephone number for each subscriber.

  6. Telephone exchange names - Wikipedia

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    Learn about the history and usage of telephone exchange names or central office names, which were assigned to switching systems in different localities. Find out how they were dialed, displayed, and replaced by numeric systems in various countries.

  7. Telephone numbers in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Learn how to dial phone numbers in different countries and regions of the Americas, including North, Central, South and Caribbean America. Find out the prefixes, international access codes, trunk prefixes and comments for each country or territory.

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