Uintah Basin Standard | 1958-10-23 | Page 1 | New Dialing System to Go into Effect Nov. 1

New dialing system to Go into effect 1 At midnight on October all central offices of the Uintah Basin Telephone Association will switch to a five numeral dialing During the past several months this change has been and now the necessary equipment has been installed for the switch-over next According to Tal association the five-number dialing will become effective in the six central offices at and After the cut-over to this type of dialing It will be necessary for all customers of the association to dial the prefix and the five It will also be necessary that they give the full number and prefix when calling long The new phone directories that were printed in August have and five People calling the various exchanges must also follow the above Wardle pointed out that the modification is one step forward toward the direct distant dialing that is so fast becoming a part of the telephone It also makes the one of the most up-to-date telephone companies in the United j the Mountain States Telephone Company goes to a complete dialing tern in a few it will be possible for our customers to dial direct to many cities in the Wardle The Uintah Basin Telephone Association was organized as a cooperative and began operating in The first manager was Floyd who at the present time is a resident of where he is an independent telephone owner and Wardle succeeded Ross as manager when he left the Basin nearly 3 years