Underunderstood

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A Conspiracy Theory About Area Codes

S4 E6

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Published March 09, 2021 5:59am

Adrianne tries to deconstruct how a big city got a seemingly low-prestige area code.

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Show notes: 02:41 – LincMad.com 04:00 - Adrianne says here that Idaho got area code 702. This is not correct!! Idaho got 208. We regret the error. 04:43 – The rotary dial demonstrated in an AT&T video from around the time area codes were added 07:41 – AT&T, or Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph, was a monopoly provider of telephone service until it was broken up in 1983 as part of an ant...

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