Old phone numbers in the U.S. had letters to denote the telephone exchange that handled any given number, a practice that lasted until the late 1970s.

Unlike the letters, these don't have any hard and fast meanings — they're just numbers. However, they are still controlled by rules laid out by the AFI 16-401. At least, that's the idea.

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