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  2. North American Numbering Plan - Wikipedia

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    For example, 234 235-5678 is a valid telephone number; with area code 234, central office prefix (exchange) 235, and line number 5678. The number 234 911-5678 is invalid, because the central office code must not be in the form N11. 394 259-2653 is invalid, because the NANP is not assigning area codes with 9 as the second digit.

  3. Telephone exchange - Wikipedia

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    A telephone exchange, also known as a telephone switch or central office, is a crucial component in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or large enterprise telecommunications systems. It facilitates the interconnection of telephone subscriber lines or digital system virtual circuits, enabling telephone calls between subscribers.

  4. Local access and transport area - Wikipedia

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    Map of LATAs in the US. Local access and transport area (LATA) is a term used in U.S. telecommunications regulation.It represents a geographical area of the United States under the terms of the Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) entered by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Civil Action number 82-0192 or any other geographic area designated as a LATA in the ...

  5. Area codes 804 and 686 - Wikipedia

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    This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to ten-digit dialing by October 24, 2021. Area code 804 is predicted to run out of central office prefixes in the third quarter of 2024. The State Corporation Commission (SCC) announced on November 16, 2022, that it would overlay the existing area code, likely in the first half of 2024.

  6. 375 Pearl Street - Wikipedia

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    375 Pearl Street (also known as the Verizon Building, Intergate.Manhattan, and One Brooklyn Bridge Plaza) is a 32-story office and datacenter building in the Civic Center of Lower Manhattan in New York City, at the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge. It was built for the New York Telephone Company and completed in 1975.

  7. Interchangeable NPA and central office codes - Wikipedia

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    Interchangeable numbering plan area (NPA) codes and central office codes are codes that permit any of the ten numerals in the middle position of the area code and the central office code, which both are three-digit numbers. [1] [2] This change in numbering format was implemented first for central office codes by 1973, which eliminated the ...

  8. Area codes 301, 240, and 227 - Wikipedia

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    Area code 301 was the first area code for all of Maryland, from 1947, when the area code system was created, until 1991, when everything from Baltimore eastward split off as area code 410. In 1997, area code 240 was added as an overlay area code for the 301 territory. On June 14, 2023, a third overlay code, 227, was added to provide more ...

  9. Area codes 408 and 669 - Wikipedia

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    The new area code's official in-service date was November 20, 2012, when new central office codes could be activated. A six-month permissive dialing period was conducted from April 21 to October 20 during which calls could be initiated by seven- or ten-digit dialing. Ten-digit dialing also required the prefix digit 1 (1+10-digit dialing).