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Area Code 870
Telephone Central Office
Pictures
The following are representative examples of telephone central office buildings in Area Code 870 (Arkansas).
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Arkadelphia
Listing Updated:
July 2010Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
ARKDARMADS0Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS HostPrefixes Served:
(870) 230, 245-6, 403, 464Notes:
The EXchange was Main, as it was for almost all rural Arkansas offices in the AT&T network.
Blackfish Lake
Listing Updated:
August 2013Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
(was BFLKARMARS1)Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-10 RemotePrefixes Served:
(870) 527Notes:
As of August 2021, the lines from this old CO are now hosted in West Memphis,AR. The foundation of the office is slowly eroding away under it and it will eventually slide into the river. There are so few lines left in it that the office will be replaced by an Outside Plant cabinet. It is west of West Memphis, AR on old highway 70 at Road 357. Source: GSV
Blytheville
"Poplar"
Listing Updated:
July 2010Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
BYVLARPODS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100Prefixes Served:
(870) 762-3, 776, 780, 838Notes:
This office served an air force base closed back in the 1990s. The EXchange was Poplar. This is rice farming country in Northeast Arkansas.
Brinkley
Listing Updated:
July 2010 / September 2012Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
BRNKARMARS1Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSCPrefixes Served:
(870) 589, 734Notes:
Brinkley is on the northern edge of duck hunting country. Rice farmers flood their recently harvested fields every November providing ideal ponds for migrating ducks to land on.Photo 2 is the original photo from 2010. New photo source: Craig in AZ.
Carlisle
Listing Updated:
September 2012Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTelCLLI:
CRLSARXARS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSCPrefixes Served:
(870) 552Notes:
Source: Larry P.
Emerson
Listing Updated:
July 2010Operating Company:
Southwest Arkansas Telephone CooperativeCLLI:
EMSNARXADS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-10Prefixes Served:
(870) 547Notes:
This is a fine independent company in Texarkana which serves many SW Arkansas customers. The inside of these offices are immaculate and the people who work for SWAT are dedicated to providing quality service at a fair price.
Flippin
Listing Updated:
November 2013Operating Company:
NATCO Communications/Northern Arkansas Telephone CompanyCLLI:
(was FLPNARXARS1)Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSCPrefixes Served:
(870) 453Notes:
Source: GJB
Forrest City
Listing Updated:
July 2010 / September 2012Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
FRCYARMADS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100Prefixes Served:
(870) 261, 494, 630, 633Notes:
The town is named for Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest. After the war he founded the Ku Klux Klan.Photo 2 source: Larry P.
Gassville
Listing Updated:
November 2013Operating Company:
Yelcot Communications/Yelcot Telephone CompanyCLLI:
GSVLARXADS0Switch Type:
Nokia Siemens DCOPrefixes Served:
(870) 435Notes:
Source: GJB
Hazen
Listing Updated:
September 2012Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTelCLLI:
HAZNARXADS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-10Prefixes Served:
(870) 255Notes:
Photo 1 source: Craig L. in AZPhoto 2 source: Larry P.
Hickory Ridge
Listing Updated:
July 2010Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
HCRGARMARS2Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RLMPrefixes Served:
(870) 697Notes:
This office is a tiny one in a farming area in northeastern Arkansas. This office was built in late 1997 after a March 1, 1997 tornado destroyed the old frame structure with its brick veneer. This office is robust enough to withstand any tornado today.
Hope
Listing Updated:
July 2013Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
HOPEARMARS1Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS RemotePrefixes Served:
(870) 722, 777Notes:
The current CO building was built in two phases - the step by step office and later the current digital office.The last two photos (the old shoe store) was the original manual office (located on the second floor) until the current office was built circa 1950. Source: Jim H.
Jonesboro
Listing Updated:
July 2010Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
JNBOARMADS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100Prefixes Served:
(870) 253, 268, 680, 802, 819, 910, 930-5, 972, 974Notes:
The 2 doors seen on the second floor of this building were used to bring the No1A ESS HILO switch relay racks into this office. A radio tower used to stand on top of the building on the right hand side as seen in this photo. The advent of fiber optic transmission systems doomed the Digital Radio to extinction.
In the 1980s there was a sudden renewal of awareness of the new Madrid fault. This office got massive reinforcement inside with auxiliary framing wall to wall on all floors and 15 inches of concrete on its foundation. Joneboro is the largest town in Northeast Arkansas and is home to Arkansas State University.
Joiner
Listing Updated:
October 2012Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
JONRARMARS2Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RLCPrefixes Served:
(870) 537Notes:
It is smack dab in the middle of the East Arkansas cotton farming country. It is a tiny but clean Central Office and is well maintained by the AT&T LFO crew. LFO is the acronym for Local Field Operations.
Mountain Home
Listing Updated:
November 2013Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTelCLLI:
MTHOARXADS1Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens EWSDPrefixes Served:
(870) 424, 425, 508Notes:
Source: GJB
Newport
Listing Updated:
August 2010Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
NWPTARMARS1Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RLMPrefixes Served:
(870) 217, 512, 523Notes:
It serves a small city southwest of Jonesboro, AR. There is a lot of light industry in this area as well as farming.
Osceola
Listing Updated:
August 2010Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
OSCLARMARS1Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSCPrefixes Served:
(870) 563, 622Notes:
This small farming town is also a small Mississippi river town. It is readily identified by its water tower with the picture of the namesake Indian Chief on it.
Pine Bluff
"Jefferson"
Listing Updated:
August 2010Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
PNBLARJEDS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100Prefixes Served:
(870) 502, 534-6, 540-1, 543, 575, 730, 794, 850Notes:
This building once housed one of the 1AESS HILO offices in the state. It was installed in the 2nd floor addition to the building. The view here is the East exposure. On the left side of the building which faces south is a sun dial on the wall.
Pine Bluff
"Watson Chapel"
Listing Updated:
August 2010Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
PNBLARWCDS0Switch Type:
Ericsson AXE10Prefixes Served:
(870) 879Notes:
It is on the northwest part of the city in Central Arkansas. The Pine Bluff Arsenal is the biggest employer in the area. This office is relatively new, it dates from the 1980s.
Pine Bluff
(AT&T POP)
Listing Updated:
August 2010Operating Company:
at&t (Long Lines)CLLI:
PNBLARIFW00Switch Type:
NonePrefixes Served:
NoneNotes:
Point of Presence (POP) access point for AT&T long distance network for Pine Bluff and surrounding area. This new POP site was built in 2003 prior to the SBC purchase of the company.
Pocahontas
Listing Updated:
October 2012Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTelCLLI:
PCHNARXADS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-10Prefixes Served:
(870) 248, 892Notes:
The Black river divides this town, the CO is on the north side of the river in the central business district. The airport and a college are south of the river. The CO has a parking lot at the rear of the building.
Pyatt
Listing Updated:
November 2013Operating Company:
NATCO Communications/Northern Arkansas Telephone CompanyCLLI:
(was PYTTARXARS1)Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSCPrefixes Served:
(870) 427Notes:
Source: GJB
Walnut Ridge
Listing Updated:
August 2010Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
WLRGARMARS1Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RLMPrefixes Served:
(870) 759, 886Notes:
This is a northeast AR office which serves the towns of Walnut Ridge and Hoxie.
West Memphis
Listing Updated:
September 2012Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
WMMPARMADS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100Prefixes Served:
(870) 394, 400, 702, 732-3, 735Notes:
Source: Larry P.
Wheatley
Listing Updated:
September 2012Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTelCLLI:
WHTLARXARS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel 1RCPrefixes Served:
(870) 457Notes:
Source: Craig L. in AZ
Yellville
Listing Updated:
November 2013Operating Company:
Yelcot Communications/Yelcot Telephone CompanyCLLI:
YLVLARXADS0Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens/Stromberg Carlson DCOPrefixes Served:
(870) 449Notes:
Source: GJB
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