Central Offices in the State of Arizona:
The majority of Arizona is considered rural or remote. The central
offices serving the region are typically small, remote switches connected to
host offices by microwave, fiber or coaxial cable. The main carrier is
Qwest which was US West whom took the original offices operated by Mountain Bell
prior to 1984. There are numerous smaller independent companies that serve
some of the remote areas including the larger Frontier which took over Citizens
Utilities. Other smaller companies that operate central offices include
Table Top Telephone Company, Southwestern Telephone Company, Gila River Telecom,
and Arizona Telephone. Telephone service to the various Indian
reservations is provided by the Navajo Communications company.
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BULLHEAD CITY
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Ex Citizens Utilities now Frontier Communications Digital
Switch.
Old Exchanges: SKyline 8 |
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BULLHEAD CITY NORTH
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Original Citizens Utilities CO built to replace Bullhead City
Main now operated by Frontier Communications. |
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CAMP VERDE
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Original Mountain Bell, then US West now Qwest remote switch
CO |
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CASE GRANDE
(Thanks to Craig)
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EHRENBERG
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Verizon California-Arizona
This has got to be the smallest CO around. Looks more like an
outhouse then a remote switch! Note old GTE logo.
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FLAGSTAFF "MAIN"
FLAGSTAFF MICROWAVE TOWER
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Microwave routes are Mt. Elden to the north and Sunshine to
the southeast. |
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GILA BEND
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Qwest
Remote switch, has microwave service due to its location.
(Local)
Old Exchanges: MUtual 3 |
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GRAND CANYON
(Thanks to Craig)
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Qwest
5ess switch that serves the communities of the S. rim as well as communities
inside the canyon itself. Building also has microwave service…possibly from
Williams? |
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HIGLEY "MAIN"
Thanks to "The Hoodlum"
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DMS 100 |
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HIGLEY "QUEEN CREEK"
Thanks to "The Hoodlum"
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DMS 100 switch that serves the Queen Creek community. |
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HUMBOLDT
(Thanks to Craig)
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Remote switch hosted from Prescott. |
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MARICOPA
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Qwest
Old Exchanges: LOgan 8
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MIAMI
(Thanks to Craig)
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Office built in 1950's to serve this eastern Arizona mining
town. |
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PAYSON
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Qwest
Host switch for many of the remotes in the area. Still has
microwave service(modern) to Mt. Ord then into Phoenix.
Old Exchanges: GRanite 4 |
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PINE
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Qwest
Remote switch serving the communities of Pine and Strawberry. |
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POSTON
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Verizon California-Arizona
Original Continental Telephone office.
Old Exchanges: MOhawk 4
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RIM ROCK
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Qwest
Remote switch built to relieve Camp Verde and serving the communities
of Rim Rock and |
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SEDONA
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Original Mountain Bell now Qwest CO.
Old Exchanges: ATwater 2 |
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SEDONA "SOUTH"
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Qwest
Remote switch built to relieve Sedona and serve the Village of Oak
Creek |
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SELIGMAN
(Photo Chad Perkins) |
Table Top Telephone Company |
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WELLTON
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Qwest
Remote switch microwave connection to Gila Bend.
Old Exchanges: STory 5 |
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WHITLOW
Thanks to "The Hoodlum"
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DMS 10 and serves less
then 800 lines. It's a very small building with a pre-fabed structure on the
left on blocks. from the age and size of the village I would guess that this
office once had a 355 step. Serves them community of Queen Valley.
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WILLIAMS
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Remote servicing Williams, the gateway to the Grand Canyon. |
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WINSLOW
(Photo Chad Perkins)
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US West now Qwest CO. Microwave horn seems pointed to
old AT&T Long Lines Sunshine site?? |
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YUMA
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Original Mountain Bell now Qwest office. This is the
main Yuma CO and has original Mountain Bell 6 Ghz microwave service for
connection to the various remotes and Phoenix to the east.
Old Exchanges: SUnset 2 and SUnset 3 |