Here are some interesting exchanges in the 617 area code:

200 XXX XXXX                  ANI
230 XXXX            Ram Communications (Beeper)
330 XXXX            Phone Mail System
345 XXXX            The Phonemail system
430 XXXX            Metromedia Paging Service
456 XXXX            Paging Service
560 XXXX            Metromedia Paging Service
570 1111            Beeper (pulse of tone= each 1/2 sec.)
578 XXXX            owned by The New England
579 XXXX            Beeper system
586 XXXX            Nynex Mobile Cellular System
589 XXXX            Audix VMB Sys
630 8888            The Phonemail system
633 XXXX            Cellular One Mobile Service
669 XXXX            Ram communications (Beeper)
680 XXXX            Cellular One Mobile Service
693 XXXX            *70= the Phonemail system
694 XXXX            Nynex Mobile Cellular System
748 XXXX            Beeper system
781 ANY4            None "connect"..call doesnt go thru!
789 XXXX            Telemessage Service
841 XXXX            Ram's beeper & message systems
845 XXXX            Pagenet
860 XXXX            Audio Info Exchange Service
891 XXXX            Bentley College
930 XXXX            Cellular One Mobile Service
936 ANY4            N.E. Telephone Weather Report
954 XXXX            Owned by Mass. Financial Serv.
955 ANY4            Telephone news report (Daily)
980 ANY4            Kills phone line power (2 mins)
981 XXXX            Lincoln Laboratories (MIT)
983 XXXX            Any # is always busy


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