levin@bbn.com (Joel B. Levin) (12/21/89)
There seems to be two sets of numbers which have been in use, possibly
according to which side of the Mississippi or the Rockies one was on.
I'll call these "West" and "East", as that's where I've seen them in use.
West East
Long Distance 110 211 (gone with the advent of
Information(*) 113 411 direct dialling)
Repair Service 114 611
Now, at least in some of New England Telephone areas I frequent, 411
and 611 are no longer in use. For Information within the New
Hampshire area code (603), one dials 1-555-1212 whether or not the
number is in your local calling area. Repair service is 1-555-1611
(residence and coin) or 1-555-1515 (business) in NH and eastern Mass.
(617). [Exceptions: some single town independent phone companies.]
Other 555 numbers are given for certain telco business related
functions.
Aside: the business office is reached via a number which requires a 1
prefix to dial, though no charges are ever recorded to that number.
When I call it while the office is busy, the recording which greets
the caller begins with a message to long distance operators that
collect calls are always accepted.
/JBL
(*) Directory Assistance? What's that?
bbn@levin.com | "There were sweetheart roses on Yancey Wilmerding's
...!bbn!levin | bureau that morning. Wide-eyed and distraught, she
(617)873-3463 | stood with all her faculties rooted to the floor."
[Moderator's Note: I don't think there were any geographical boundaries
involved here. I think the 110/113/114 style was largely used by the
independent telcos and GTE; with Mom and her daughters tending to use
the 211/411/611 arrangment instead. PT]"Joel B. Levin" <levin@bbn.com> (12/22/89)
Re my note about the information and repair service numbers that used to be in effect, Patrick notes: >[Moderator's Note: I don't think there were any geographical boundaries >involved here. I think the 110/113/114 style was largely used by the >independent telcos and GTE; with Mom and her daughters tending to use >the 211/411/611 arrangment instead. PT] My direct experience with 113 and 114 was in Utah and Arizona in the '60s with Mountain Bell Telephone, one of the big twenty two. /JBL
faigin@aerospace.aero.org (12/23/89)
>[Moderator's Note: I don't think there were any geographical boundaries >involved here. I think the 110/113/114 style was largely used by the >independent telcos and GTE; with Mom and her daughters tending to use >the 211/411/611 arrangment instead. PT] Actually, in the Greater Los Angeles incarnation of Generally Terrible Equipment, 411 and 611 *are* used. At least, that's what I call from home (which is in Grouchy Turtle Enterprises area). Daniel Work :The Aerospace Corp M1/055 * POB 92957 * LA, CA 90009-2957 * 213/336-8228 Home :9758 Natick Avenue * Sepulveda CA 91343 * 818/892-8555 Email:faigin@aerospace.aero.org (or) Faigin@dockmaster.ncsc.mil Voicemail: 213/336-5454 Box#3149 * "Take what you like, and leave the rest"
jsol@buit5.bu.edu (Jon Solomon) (12/24/89)
411 is used here in Massachussetts. 611 is not. 911 is in some places. jsol
jimmy@eecs.nwu.edu> (12/24/89)
In article <2345@accuvax.nwu.edu> levin@bbn.com (Joel B. Levin) writes: > West [sic] East [sic] >Long Distance 110 211 (gone with the advent of >Information(*) 113 411 direct dialling) >Repair Service 114 611 And not to forget: Old New Emergency 116 911 At least I remember when I was but a tyke (late '60s) that we had a sticker next to the phone giving out the 116 number. There was, however, a gap of about 15 years between the time 116 went away and the time we got 911. Jim Gottlieb E-Mail: <jimmy@denwa.info.com> or <jimmy@pic.ucla.edu> or <attmail!denwa!jimmy> V-Mail: (213) 551-7702 Fax: 478-3060 The-Real-Me: 824-5454
SINGER@ibm.com (David Singer) (12/28/89)
Richmond, Virginia (C&P Telephone, a BOC) used 113 for Information and 114 for Repair Service until at least the mid-'60s. They eventually changed to 411 and 611, and may have changed yet again. Back then, I could also reach the weather recording by dialing 9xx-xxxx; since I was using a dial phone at the time, I usually dialled 911-1111. I suspect that no longer works.... David Singer (singer@ibm.com, SINGER at ALMADEN, or SINGER at ALMVMA)