Talk:Dial 1119

4 digit dialing
The titular phone number was not a special one like 911 is now, it was the last 4 digits of a local number. For instance, in the simplest case, often seen at the time in small towns, if you were dialing from KL5-1234 and wanted to reach KL5-1119 you only had to dial 1119 since there were no other central office codes [the KL5 part] for the switch to handle. If the CO handled two, eg 555 and 55x, you might be able to dial just x-1119 from a 555 phone. This information was in the front of the phonebook for your locale, since many rural places still did not have direct dial. The most effectual Bob Cat (talk) 20:31, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
 * nice ephemeral info about US telephone system those days, thx ! --2001:A61:5DD:D01:9C49:7598:8229:4096 (talk) 14:19, 3 February 2024 (UTC)