Re: Keystone [telecom]

> >Also for some stupid reason I remember 113 was a special number on our
> >own phone system, but now, I have no clue what that number was even
> >for! Did some areas have several 11x special numbers?
>
> Pacific Telephone in Southern California did.
>
> 113 - Information (later called "Directory Assistance")
> 114 - Repair service
> 116 - Emergency
> 117 - Test board (not advertised to the public)

This list reminds me of the codes we were taught to use on toll test boards at New England Telephone:

I don't know if the "Toll Test Board" codes were used anywhere but AT&T: all the N.E.T. offices I worked with had regular phone numbers. I don't know why.