Area Code 816
Telephone Central Office Pictures

The following are representative examples of telephone central office buildings in Area Code 816 (Kansas City Missouri area).

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Ferrelview	Listing Updated: September 2012 Operating Company: Brightspeed/Centurylink/Embarq/Sprint/United Telephone CLLI: FLVWMOXADS0 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100 Prefixes Served: (816) 243, 270, 464, 713 Notes: Also includes Ferrelview MCA. Serves Kansas City aiport.
Kansas City "Benton"	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: KSCYMO01DS0 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Prefixes Served: (816) 212, 231, 241-2, 245, 483, 504, 730, 844, 920 Notes: It is a metro office in an area in decline. It is still an important point in the AT&T “Legacy S” KC metro network.
Kansas City "Gladstone"	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: KSCYMO21DS0 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Prefixes Served: (816) 413-4, 452-5, 459, 979 Notes: It is located east of downtown KC in a nice little residential area a couple of blocks back from main street.
Kansas City "Hiland" Photo 2	Listing Updated: August 2013 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: KSCYMO02DS0 KSCYMO02RS0 Switch Type: DS0: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS RS0: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSC Prefixes Served: DS0: (816) 237, 276, 333, 361, 363, 444, 523, 822-3, 926, 995, 997 RS0: (816) 349 Notes: This is the Hiland office. It sits in South KC, MO. The additions to the building are obvious in the rear view. The third floor addition of the 1960s is obvious in the change of brickwork dominant color. The change to a windowless architecture for bomb shelter use is also obvious in the lack of 3 rd floor windows.
Kansas City "Independence"	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: KSCYMO22DS1 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Prefixes Served: (816) 252, 254, 461, 521, 833, 836 Notes: Independence is the home town of President Harry Truman.
Kansas City "Liberty"	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: KSCYMO42DS0 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Prefixes Served: (816) 407, 415, 736, 781, 792 Notes: The office is actually located east of North Kansas City, Missouri in the small college town of Liberty.
Kansas City "Parkville"	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: KSCYMO23DS0 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Prefixes Served: (816) 330, 505, 546, 584, 587, 741, 746, 801, 880, 891 Notes: Also serves Farley (816-546) and Farley MCA (816-330) ratecenters. KC metro offices are not known by the old EXchange number as St. Louis offices are, they are known by the neighborhood they serve. Parkville is the westernmost part of North Kansas City adjacent to Riverside.
Kansas City "Raytown"	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: KSCYMO24DS1 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Prefixes Served: (816) 313, 353, 356, 358, 737, 743 Notes: Raytown is a south KC suburb community. The office here was placed in a residential area rather than a business district.
Kansas City "Westport"	Listing Updated: April 2020 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: KSCYMO05DS0 Switch Type: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Prefixes Served: (816) 340, 360, 531, 561, 604, 714, 751, 753, 756, 931-2, 960, 968 Notes:
Odessa (SBC/AT&T Fiber Regen)	Listing Updated: August 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: ODSSMORS Switch Type: None Prefixes Served: None Notes: There is no switch in this building. It is used as a regenerator site by AT&T in Western Missouri.
Saint Joseph Photo 2 | Photo 3	Listing Updated: January 2013 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: STJSMODNDS0 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100/200 Prefixes Served: (816) 232-3, 236, 279, 364, 383, 387, 390, 671, 676, 901 (913) 365, 380   Notes: Also serves Eldwood, KS ratecenter.
Smithville	Listing Updated: July 2010 Operating Company: at&t/SBC/Southwestern Bell CLLI: SMVLMOTRRS0 Switch Type: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSC Prefixes Served: (816) 532, 873 Notes: Also serves Smithville MCA (816-532). This is a nice little town in the North KC part of the metroplex.