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Area Code 715
Telephone Central Office Building Pictures

The following are representative examples of telephone central office buildings in Area Code 715 (with overlay Area Code 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.

 

Crandon

Photo 2

Listing Updated:
July 2024

Operating Company:
Frontier/Citizens

CLLI:
CRNDWIXARS0

Switch Type:
CRNDWIXARS0

Prefixes Served:
(715) 478

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

 

Keshena

Listing Updated:
July 2024

Operating Company:
Frontier/Citizens

CLLI:
KSHNWIXARS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSC

Prefixes Served:
(715) 799

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

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

 

Mattoon

Listing Updated:
July 2024

Operating Company:
Frontier/Verizon/GTE

CLLI:
MTONWIXARS0

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

Prefixes Served:
(715) 489

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

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:
July 2024

Operating Company:
Frontier/Citizens

CLLI:
SHWNWIXADS0

Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100

Prefixes Served:
(715) 524, 526

Notes:
Source: Joe M.

 

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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