- Dates
- 1997-07 – 2001
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationtechnologyinfrastructurecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1997 TDS Telecom feature said Beaver Island’s 448 exchange might exhaust its assignable numbers by 2001. It contrasted the Island Telephone Company’s original 42 customers with 742 telephone numbers in service and described the expansion of exchange, area-code, international, and carrier codes as part of the island’s communications growth.
Evidence limits
This is a contemporaneous corporate account and forecast, not a numbering-plan database or later verification of the 2001 prediction.
Sources
- Reports that the 448 exchange's supply of assignable telephone numbers might be exhausted by 2001; it compares the original 42 customers of the Island Telephone Company with 742 numbers in service in 1997 and notes the growth of telecommunications codes and ownership. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1997-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the TDS Telecom communication-growth account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island telephone service reports rapid growth and possible exchange exhaustion by 2001”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-telephone-exchange-growth-1997/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1997, “TDS Telcom — Your access to the world.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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