Area Code 479
Telephone Central Office Pictures

The following are representative examples of telephone central office buildings in Area Code 479 (Arkansas).

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Alma Photo 2	Listing Updated: September 2012 Operating Company: Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel CLLI: ALMAARXADS0 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-10 Prefixes Served: (479) 632 Notes: Source: Larry P.
Altus	Listing Updated: June 2014 Operating Company: Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel CLLI: ALTSARXARS1 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DLM Prefixes Served: (479) 468 Notes: Source: Larry P.
Atkins	Listing Updated: June 2014 Operating Company: Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel CLLI: ATKNARXARS1 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DRL Prefixes Served: (479) 641 Notes: Source: Larry P.
Bentonville "Central" Photo 2	Listing Updated: February 2012 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: BNTVARCRDS0 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Prefixes Served: (479) 204, 254, 258, 271, 273, 254, 258, 271, 273, 277, 418, 464, 553 Notes: This CO serves the Bentonville city center and is just a couple of block from the original Walton 5 and dime. In the center of the building is a second floor addition which housed radio equipment. Next to it there used to be a tower for antennae that faced east towards Rogers and south towards Fayetteville. The EXchange was Crestwood.
Bentonville "Bella Vista"	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: BNTVARBVRS1 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Remote Prefixes Served: (479) 855, 876 Notes: It serves what started out 30 years ago as a golf retirement community in northwest Arkansas. Since Bud Walton passed away and Walmart brought in executives from all vendors it has become a very high end home community close to the Bentonville headquarters of Walmart.
Clarksville Photo 2	Listing Updated: June 2014 Operating Company: Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel CLLI: CLVLARXADS0 Switch Type: Nokia/Siemens/Stromberg Carlson DCO Prefixes Served: (479) 705, 746, 754, 979 Notes: Note the unique design of the buildings. Source: Larry P.
Fayetteville "Hillcrest"	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: FYVLARHIDS0 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100/200 Prefixes Served: (479) 251, 442-4, 463, 521, 527, 571, 575, 582, 587, 684, 713, 718, 856, 973 Notes: The EXchange there was HIllcrest. The first No 1 ESS HILO switch was installed in this office in the 1970s. Fayetteville is also the home of the Arkansas Razorbacks. This office is unusual in that SBC displayed it’s logo on the building. For the years between taking the title SBC and acquiring AT&T, most SBC Central Offices lost the old Southwestern Bell logo and went without any identifier until the new AT&T logo was adapted.
Fort Smith "Mission"	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: FTSMARMIDS0 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100 Prefixes Served: (479) 646, 648-9 Notes: It sits on the side of town closest to the Army base and the EXchange was Military.
Fort Smith "Gladstone"	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: FTSMARGLDS0 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100 Prefixes Served: (479) 452, 478, 484 Notes: This was taken since the AT&T company started putting a logo on their property again. The EXchage here was Glenview.
Fort Smith "Sunset" Photo 2	Listing Updated: May 2011 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: FTSMARSUDS0 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100 Prefixes Served: (479) 201, 226, 288, 314, 441, 494, 573, 709, 755, 782-5, 788 Notes: This is the main downtown Central Office in the city. The original building is the 4 bay red brick structure at the left in picture 2. The fifth bay was added right after World War II. The new blond brick structure was built in the 1960s and housed the large 1A ESS switch installed there in the early 1980s. The EXchange here was SUnset.
Hindsville	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: HNDVARMARS1 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Remote Prefixes Served: (479) 789 Notes: This office is the easternmost CO belonging to AT&T in northwest Arkansas.
Huntsville	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: Madison County Telephone Company CLLI: HNVIARXADS0 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-10 Prefixes Served: (479) 737-8 Notes: It is the only CO I know which has an address which ends with ½ as part of the number on the street address. This company is a great provider of information services and is owned by the Shrum family who give their customer A1 service, and not just telephone service.
Lamar	Listing Updated: June 2014 Operating Company: Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel CLLI: LAMRARXADS0 Switch Type: Nokia/Siemens/Stromberg Carlson DCO Prefixes Served: (479) 885 Notes: Source: Larry P.
London	Listing Updated: June 2014 Operating Company: Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel CLLI: LONDARXARS1 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RLC Prefixes Served: (479) 293 Notes: Source: Larry P.
Mulberry	Listing Updated: June 2014 Operating Company: Windstream/Alltel CLLI: MLBYARXADS0 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-10 Prefixes Served: (479) 997 Notes: Source: Larry P.
Ozark	Listing Updated: June 2014 Operating Company: Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel CLLI: OZRKARXADS0 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-10 Prefixes Served: (479) 508, 667 Notes: Source: Larry P.
Rogers "Main"	Listing Updated: August 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: RGRSARMADS0 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Host Prefixes Served: (479) 246, 338, 616, 619, 621, 631, 636, 659, 936, 986 Notes: 20 years ago Fayetteville, Springdale and Rogers were distinct towns, separated by large areas of farms or woodlands. Not any longer, shopping centers, commercial and housing development has connected them all.
Russellville	Listing Updated: September 2012 Operating Company: Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel CLLI: RLVLARXADS0 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS0199 Prefixes Served: (479) 498, 858, 880, 890, 964, 967-8 Notes: Source: Larry P.
Springdale "Pleasant"	Listing Updated: August 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: SPDLARPLDS0 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Host Prefixes Served: (479) 290, 717, 750-1, 756-7, 770, 820, 872, 927 Notes: This office had the most fastidious communications technician in SBC during the 1990s. It sparkled inside and out and you were expected to keep it that way. J B Hunt in Lowell is served by this central office. It is part of the vibrant Northwest Arkansas economic engine.
Springdale "Tontitown"	Listing Updated: August 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: SPDLARFORS1 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Remote Prefixes Served: (479) 306, 361 Notes: This office was all alone in the middle of farmland in 1994 when it was built. No one imagined that it would be surrounded by residential and industrial development within 10 short years. It was one of the 5 offices which house the first FLM2400ADM OC48 SONET Unidirectional Path Switched Ring.
Van Buren "Main/North"	Listing Updated: September 2012 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: VNBRARMADS0 VNBRARNORS1 VNBRARMA498 Switch Type: DS0: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100 RS1: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSC 498: Genand/Nortel DMS-100 Prefixes Served: DS0: (479) 410, 474 RS1: (479) 471 498: (918) 498 Notes: This central office has three switches in the same building but serve different locations DS0: Serves the Van Buren "Main" wirecenter RS1: Serves the Van Buren "North" wirecenter 498: Serves the West Uniontown, OK ratecenter in area code 918. Source: Larry P.