{"id":2787,"date":"2026-09-21T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/?p=2787"},"modified":"2026-09-21T15:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:10:19","slug":"visiting-another-telephone-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/2026\/09\/21\/visiting-another-telephone-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting another Telephone Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p>I recently was able to visit another Telephone Central Office. This one had the switch removed about a decade ago and is a remote terminal to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/23\/central-office-tour\/\">larger Central Office<\/a>.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2788\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_182347017-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_182347017-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_182347017-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_182347017-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_182347017-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, 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http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183549071.MP_-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183549071.MP_-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183549071.MP_-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183549071.MP_-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2811\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183603887-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183603887-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183603887-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183603887-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183603887-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183603887-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2812\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183606285-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183606285-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183606285-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183606285-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183606285-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_183606285-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a short video of this small CO:<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2787-1\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_1830329232.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_1830329232.mp4\">http:\/\/www.matthewfurman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260921_1830329232.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I recently was able to visit another Telephone Central 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This one had the switch removed about a decade ago and is a remote terminal to a larger Central Office. 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