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Index to the Digest History Articles


19th-century-telegraphers 1993-Sep-24
50th.anniversary.areacodes 1997-Oct-4
56th-anniversary-areacodes 2003-Oct-22
Area_Code_Numbering_Rules_Over_the_Years 2003-Apr-30
ameritech-history 2004-Feb-22
apple-history-at-30 2006-Apr-1
area.splits.11-95 1995-Nov-2
area.splits.2-96 1996-Aug-8
area.splits.6-95 1995-Jun-7
att.service.outage.1-90 1993-Sep-25
bell-garfield-assasin.html 1999-Jun-28
british_numbering-1970s 2004-Jul-24
camelot.on.moon-july.69 1994-Jul-15
canada.manual.history-1923 1996-Nov-21
chgo-number-history.doc 2004-Mar-2
country.codes 1996-Aug-8
country.codes.6-97 1997-Jul-9
dialing-history 2005-Jul-23
digest.first.issue.cover 1990-Feb-10
early-dial-exch-NYC-1922 2003-Jun-16
early.days.of.usenet 1995-Oct-8
early.history.of.unix 1996-Aug-8
eastland.disaster.in.1915 2004-Nov-29
end-of-era-for-telegrams 2006-Feb-2
englewood.nj.1951.dialing 1996-Nov-21
enterprise-numbers 1993-Oct-23
era-of-bbs-and-modems 2006-Jan-10
exchange.names 1990-Feb-10
exchange.names.comments 1996-Nov-21
exchange.names.new.jersey 1996-Nov-21
exchange.names.recommended 1996-Nov-21
fire-eiffel-tower-telecom-7-03 2003-Jul-22
fire-in-manchester-uk.3-04 2004-Apr-2
fire-in-newyork-1-75 2006-Jan-10
fire.in.chicago.5-88 1989-Aug-1
fire.in.st-louis.1-90 1990-Jan-27
fire.richmond.ind-1965 1996-Aug-8
fires.elsewhere.in.past 1990-Jan-27
goodby-ma-bell 2005-Feb-2
history.of.sprint 2006-Jan-7
jurassic.telecom-part1 1999-Jul-9
kitchner-ontario.xchange 1997-Apr-26
lorimer-brothers-canada 2005-Jun-17
msg-group.and.early.usenet 1997-Jun-21
nipper-RCA_dog 2005-Jul-13
nsa.original.charter-1952 1990-Feb-11
numbering.plans.1950-80 1997-Jan-4
octothorpe.gets.its.name 1990-Aug-12
octothorpe.the.real.story 1995-Nov-30
old.fashioned.coinphones 1990-Jan-27
old.hello.message 1990-Jan-27
ottawa.phone.history 1996-Nov-21
pearl.harbor.phones 1989-Aug-1
phone.magazine.from.1926 1993-Aug-24
song-day.bell.system.died 1989-Aug-1
standard.oil.and.bell.sys 1996-Aug-13
stentor.additional.history 1999-Jul-9
stentor.bell-canada 1996-Aug-8
stock.ticker 1992-Jan-5
tat-8.fiber.optic 1992-Aug-22
telecom.digest 1990-Jan-27
teletype 1991-Nov-23
twx.1961.automation 1997-Jan-23
twx.canada.early.1980s 1997-May-12
underseas.cables 1994-Jun-9
western.union 1992-Feb-26

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