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Area Codes 715 & 534
Telephone Central Office Building Pictures

The following are representative examples of telephone central office buildings in Area Codes 715 & 534 (northern Wisconsin).

Click on the pictures below for a larger version.


Almond

Listing Updated:
December 2020

Operating Company:
Union Telephone Company

CLLI:
ALMDWIXADS2

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens EWSD

Prefixes Served:
(715) 366

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Antigo

Listing Updated:
July 2023

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
ANTGWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 623, 627

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Ashland

Listing Updated:
October 2015

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
ASLDWI01DSA

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100

Prefixes Served:
(715) 682, 685

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Auburndale

Listing Updated:
November 2019

Operating Company:
TDS/Central State Telephone Company

CLLI:
ABDLWIXAPS0

Switch Type:
Packet End Office (unknown type)

Prefixes Served:
(715) 652

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Black River Falls

Listing Updated:
June 2018

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
BRFLWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 284

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Bonduel

Listing Updated:
May 2023

Operating Company:
TDS/Bonduel Telephone Company

CLLI:
BNDLWIAIPS0

Switch Type:
Packet End Office (unknown type)

Prefixes Served:
(715) 758

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Bowler

Listing Updated:
March 2022

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
BWLRWIXARS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSC

Prefixes Served:
(715) 793

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Butternut

Listing Updated:
October 2008

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel/Telephone USA of Wisconsin/GTE

CLLI:
BTRNWIXARS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX Remote

Prefixes Served:
(715) 769

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Cable

Listing Updated:
July 2023

Operating Company:
Norvado/Chequamegon Communications Cooperative

CLLI:
CABLWIXADS1

Switch Type:
Metaswitch VP3510

Prefixes Served:
(715) 278, 363, 372, 739, 742, 746-7, 763, 765, 774, 794-5, 798

Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV

 

Cameron

Listing Updated:
July 2023

Operating Company:
Mosaic Technologies/Chibardun Telephone Cooperative

CLLI:
CMRNWIXADS1

Switch Type:
Metaswitch MG3510

Prefixes Served:
(715) 357, 455, 458, 658, 837, 949

Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV

 

Chetek

Listing Updated:
August 2019

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
CHTKWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens/Stromberg-Carlson DCO

Prefixes Served:
(715) 924

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Chippewa Falls

Listing Updated:
July 2023

Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Ameritech/Wisconsin Telephone

CLLI:
CHFLWI11DSA

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100

Prefixes Served:
(715) 720, 723, 726, 738

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Clintonville

Listing Updated:
February 2024

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
CIVLWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100/200

Prefixes Served:
(715) 823

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Colby

Listing Updated:
October 2023

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
CLBYWIXARS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX Remote

Prefixes Served:
(715) 223

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Coloma

Listing Updated:
December 2020

Operating Company:
Union Telephone Company

CLLI:
(was COLMWIXADS0)

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens EWSD

Prefixes Served:
(715) 228

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Crivitz

Listing Updated:
August 2011

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel/Cencom/PTI

CLLI:
CRVTWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-10

Prefixes Served:
(715) 854

Notes:
 

 

Eau Claire

Listing Updated:
July 2018

Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Ameritech/Wisconsin Telephone

CLLI:
EUCLWI01DS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100/200

Prefixes Served:
(715) 214, 553, 717, 830-6, 838-9, 852, 855, 858

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Elk Lake

Listing Updated:
July 2023

Operating Company:
West Wisconsin Telcom

CLLI:
EKLKWIXCDS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100

Prefixes Served:
(715) 283, 664, 772, 871-2, 874-6

Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV

 

Frederic

Listing Updated:
September 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
FRDRWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens/Stromberg-Carlson DCO

Prefixes Served:
(715) 327

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Gleason

Listing Updated:
May 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
GLSNWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens/Stromberg-Carlson DCO

Prefixes Served:
(715) 873

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Glen Flora

Photo 2

Listing Updated:
June 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
GLFLWIXARS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSC

Prefixes Served:
(715) 322

Notes:
Originally was a Stromberg-Carlson XY switch.
Host: Hawkins (HWKNWIXADSA)
Current photo source: GSV. Photo 2: Joe M. (April 2007)

 

Hancock

Listing Updated:
December 2020

Operating Company:
Union Telephone Company

CLLI:
(was HNCCWIXADS0)

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens EWSD

Prefixes Served:
(715) 249

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Harmony

Listing Updated:
August 2011

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel/Cencom/PTI

CLLI:
HRMYWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-10

Prefixes Served:
(715) 789

Notes:
This CO is in the middle of nowhere in a cornfield.

 

Hawkins

Photo 2 | Photo 3

Listing Updated:
June 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
HWKNWIXADSA

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100

Prefixes Served:
(715) 585

Notes:
At one time had a Stromberg-Carlson XY switch. The switch was installed in 1982, probably the last XY to GO into service.
Current photo: GSV. Photos 2 and 3: Joe M. (April 2007)

 

Hayward

Listing Updated:
August 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel/Telephone USA of Wisconsin/GTE

CLLI:
HYWRWIXADS1

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 634, 638

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Hudson

Listing Updated:
December 2021

Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Ameritech/Wisconsin Telephone

CLLI:
HDSNWI01DSA

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100

Prefixes Served:
(715) 377, 381, 386, 531

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Hurley

"Main"

Listing Updated:
October 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
HRLYWI11RS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSC

Prefixes Served:
(715) 561

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Iola

Listing Updated:
October 2009

Operating Company:
TDS/Scandinavia Telephone Company

CLLI:
IOLAWIXAPS0

Switch Type:
Packet End Office (unknown type)

Prefixes Served:
(715) 445, 806

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Lac du Flambeau

Listing Updated:
October 2023

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
LDUFWIXARS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX Remote

Prefixes Served:
(715) 388, 588

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Lake Nebagamon

Listing Updated:
July 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
LKNBWIXADS1

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens EWSD

Prefixes Served:
(715) 374

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Lakewood

Listing Updated:
June 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel/Telephone USA of Wisconsin/GTE

CLLI:
LKWDWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 276

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Manitowish Waters

Listing Updated:
October 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
MNWRWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens/Stromberg-Carlson DCO

Prefixes Served:
(715) 543

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Marinette

Photo 2 | Photo 3 | Photo 4

Listing Updated:
August 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel/Ameritech/ Wisconsin Telephone

CLLI:
MRNTWI01DSA

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS

Prefixes Served:
(715) 732, 735

Notes:
Marinette is part of a group of ratecenters that were sold to CenturyTel (now Brightdpeed) from Ameritech several years ago. Note the "bell" in Photo 2. Photo 4 is a pay phone (now a COCOT) with the old CenturyTel logo. Current photo: GSV. Photos 2 to 4: August 2011

 

Marshfield

Listing Updated:
July 2023

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
MRFDWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 221, 384, 387, 389, 486

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Medford

Listing Updated:
August 2023

Operating Company:
TDS/Midway Telephone Company

CLLI:
MDFDWIXAPS0

Switch Type:
Packet End Office (unknown type)

Prefixes Served:
(715) 748, 753, 785

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Mellen

Listing Updated:
October 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel/Telephone USA of Wisconsin/GTE

CLLI:
MLLNWIXARS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX Remote

Prefixes Served:
(715) 274

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Menomonie

Listing Updated:
September 2023

Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Ameritech/Wisconsin Telephone

CLLI:
MNMNWI11DS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100

Prefixes Served:
(715) 232-3, 235

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Merrill

Listing Updated:
June 2023

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
MRRLWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 536, 539

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Minocqua

Listing Updated:
June 2023

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
MNCQWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 356, 358

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Mosinee

Photo 2

Listing Updated:
January 2021

Operating Company:
TDS/Mosinee Telephone Company

CLLI:
MOSNWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-10

Prefixes Served:
(715) 692-3

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Neillsville

Listing Updated:
August 2018

Operating Company:
TDS/Badger Telecom

CLLI:
NSVLWIXADS2

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS

Prefixes Served:
(715) 743

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

New Richmond

Listing Updated:
May 2019

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
NWMDWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100/200

Prefixes Served:
(715) 243

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Niagara

Listing Updated:
September 2023

Operating Company:
Nsight Telservices/Niagara Telephone Co.

CLLI:
NIGRWIXADS1

Switch Type:
Metaswitch VP3510

Prefixes Served:
(715) 251, 528, 589, 696

Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV

 

Osseo

Listing Updated:
November 2016

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
OSSEWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 597

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Owen

Listing Updated:
November 2020

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
OWENWIXARS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX Remote

Prefixes Served:
(715) 229, 296

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Park Falls

Listing Updated:
October 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel/Telephone USA of Wisconsin/GTE

CLLI:
PKFLWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 762

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Peshtigo

Listing Updated:
August 2011

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel/Ameritech/ Wisconsin Telephone

CLLI:
PSHTWI11RS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS Remote

Prefixes Served:
(715) 582

Notes:
Peshtigo is part of a group of ratecenters that were sold to CenturyTel from Ameritech several years ago.

 

Phllips

Photo 2

 

Listing Updated:
June 2023

Operating Company:
Norvado/Price County Telephone Company

CLLI:
PHLPWIXADS1

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens EWSD

Prefixes Served:
(715) 339

Notes:
Supposedly had a Nippon digital switch at one time.
Current source: GSV. Photo 2: Joe M. (April 2007)

 

Plainfield

Photo 2 | Photo 3 | Photo 4

 

Listing Updated:
July 2023

Operating Company:
Union Telephone Company

CLLI:
PLFDWIXADS2

Switch Type:
Metaswitch VP3510

Prefixes Served:
(715) 339

Notes:
Photos 2 and 3 are from a pay phone outside the central office. It works but you can only make local calls.
Current photo: GSV. Photos 2 to 4: Joe M. (July 2015)

 

Prescott

Listing Updated:
May 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel/Telephone USA of Wisconsin/GTE

CLLI:
PRSCWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 262

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Presque Isle

Listing Updated:
August 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
PRISWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens/Stromberg-Carlson DCO

Prefixes Served:
(715) 686

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Rhinelander

Listing Updated:
September 2022

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
RHNLWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100/200

Prefixes Served:
(715) 361-2, 365, 369

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Rice Lake

Listing Updated:
August 2019

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel/Telephone USA of Wisconsin/GTE

CLLI:
RCLKWIXBDS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 234, 236

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

River Falls

Listing Updated:
August 2018

Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Ameritech/Wisconsin Telephone

CLLI:
RVFLWI11DSA

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100

Prefixes Served:
(715) 425

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Shawano

Listing Updated:
August 2019

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
SHWNWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100

Prefixes Served:
(715) 524, 526

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Solon Springs

Listing Updated:
July 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
SLSPWIXADSA

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens/Stromberg-Carlson DCO

Prefixes Served:
(715) 378

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Spencer

Listing Updated:
October 2023

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
SPNCWIXARS2

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX Remote

Prefixes Served:
(715) 368, 659

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Spooner

Listing Updated:
July 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
SPNRWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens/Stromberg-Carlson DCO

Prefixes Served:
(715) 635

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Stevens Point

Listing Updated:
June 2023

Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Ameritech/Wisconsin Telephone

CLLI:
STPTWI01DS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100/200

Prefixes Served:
(715) 295, 341-6

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Superior

"12 (John)"

Listing Updated:
July 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
SPRRWI12DSA

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100

Prefixes Served:
(715) 392, 394-5

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Tigerton

Listing Updated:
February 2024

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
TGTNWIXARS0
 

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSC

Prefixes Served:
(715) 535

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Tomahawk

Listing Updated:
October 2018

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
TMHKWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 224, 453

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Turtle Lake

Listing Updated:
August 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/CenturyLink/CenturyTel

CLLI:
TTLKWIXADS1

Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens/Stromberg-Carlson DCO

Prefixes Served:
(715) 986

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Waupaca

Listing Updated:
September 2023

Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Ameritech/Wisconsin Telephone

CLLI:
WPCAWI11DS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100

Prefixes Served:
(715) 256, 258

Notes:
Source: GSV

 

Wausau

"Main"

Photo 2

Listing Updated:
May 2023

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
WAUSWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 841-3, 845, 847-9

Notes:
The office was SXS until 1983 it had the toll operators out of that office until 1983 it was Cord Boards. In 1983 the GTD-5 went in and operator services went to Wisconsin telephone Co out of Eau Claire WI. Current source: GSV. Photo 2: Joe M. (August 2014)

 

Wausau

"Northwest"

Listing Updated:
January 2021

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
WAUSWIXCDS0

Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Automatic Electric GTD-5 EAX

Prefixes Served:
(715) 675

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

Wausau

"Schofield"

Listing Updated:
January 2021

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
WAUSWIXBDS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100

Prefixes Served:
(715) 241, 348, 355, 359, 383, 393, 679

Notes:
Was the first office and only central office in Wisconsin to get a #1EAX switch. Now a DMS-100. Also serves the Marshfield ratecenter. Source: Joe M.

 

Wausaukee

Photo 2

Listing Updated:
June 2023

Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/CenturyTel/Cencom/PTI

CLLI:
WASKWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-10

Prefixes Served:
(715) 856

Notes:
Current source: GSV. Photo 2: August 2011

 

Wisconsin Rapids

Listing Updated:
November 2019

Operating Company:
Solarus/Wood County Telephone Company

CLLI:
WRPDWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100/200

Prefixes Served:
(715) 325, 421-4, 435, 459, 885-7

Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV

 

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