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- Area_code_709 abstract "Area code 709 is the telephone area code in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, encompassing the whole province.While the first telephone system was installed in Newfoundland in 1885, domestic long-distance calls within the Dominion of Newfoundland were first placed on a limited basis in 1921. The first long distance call from Newfoundland to Canada was made on January 10, 1939 using a shortwave radio link operated by the Canadian Marconi Company in Montréal; shortwave radio also carried calls from St. John's to London, England. The first cross-province long distance call, St. John's to Port aux Basques, was placed in 1949.At the time the original set of 86 three-digit routing codes was implemented for operator-assisted long-distance calling in Canada and the US (Bell System, in 1947) the Newfoundland telephone system was entirely manual. Dial telephones came to St. John's in 1948; confederation with the Dominion of Canada was enacted in 1949. Canada's atlantic provinces were originally area code 902, which remains in use throughout Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.New Brunswick and Newfoundland were split from 902 to area code 506 in 1955. Newfoundland and Labrador split off as its own area code, 709, in early 1962. Canadian direct distance dial locations came on-line gradually during the next several years, beginning with the largest cities (Montréal and Toronto) in 1958. The area codes served mostly for operator routing purposes until customer dialling of long distance calls became commonplace in the 1960s.The incumbent local exchange carrier in 709 is Aliant, produced from a merger that included NewTel Communications (previously Newfoundland Telephone). There had been as many as nine companies in Newfoundland and Labrador up to 1951; NewTel acquired the last independent by 1988.".
- Area_code_709 thumbnail Cabot_Tower,_St._Johns,_NL.JPG?width=300.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageExternalLink 56th-anniversary-areacodes.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageExternalLink canadian_area_codes.htm.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageExternalLink COCodeStatus_NPA709.txt.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageID "3779391".
- Area_code_709 wikiPageLength "15660".
- Area_code_709 wikiPageOutDegree "259".
- Area_code_709 wikiPageRevisionID "707497640".
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Area_code_506.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Area_codes_418_and_581.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Area_codes_819_and_873.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Area_codes_902_and_782.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Arnolds_Cove.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Atlantic_Ocean.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Badger,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Baie_Verte,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Battle_Harbour.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Bay_LArgent.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Bay_Roberts.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Bell_Aliant.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Bell_Island_(Newfoundland_and_Labrador).
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Bell_System.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Belleoram.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Birchy_Bay.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Bishops_Falls.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Black_Duck_Cove,_Great_Northern_Peninsula,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Black_Tickle.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Bonavista,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Botwood.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Boyds_Cove,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Branch,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Brents_Cove.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Brig_Bay.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Brigus.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Browns_Arm.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Buchans.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Burgeo.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Burin,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Burlington,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink CMC_Electronics.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Campbellton,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Broyle.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Carbonear.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Carmanville.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Cartwright,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Catalina,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Area_codes_in_Canada.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Communications_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Newfoundland_and_Labrador-related_lists.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Centreville-Wareham-Trinity.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Chance_Cove.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Change_Islands.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Channel-Port_aux_Basques.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Chapel_Arm.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Charlottetown,_Bonavista_Bay,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Charlottetown,_Labrador,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Churchill_Falls.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Clarenville.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Clarkes_Head.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Codroy.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Come_By_Chance,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Comfort_Cove-Newstead.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Conception_Bay_South.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Conche,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Cooks_Harbour.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Corner_Brook.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Cottrells_Cove.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Cow_Head.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Daniels_Harbour.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Deer_Lake,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Degras,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Dominion_of_Newfoundland.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Eastport,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink England.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Englee.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink English_Harbour_East.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink English_Harbour_West.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Fairbanks-Hillgrade.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Fermeuse.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Flatrock,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Fleur_de_Lys,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Flowers_Cove.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Fogo,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Forteau.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Francois,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink French_Island,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Gambo,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Gander,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Garden_Cove,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Garnish,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Gaultois.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Glenwood,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Glovertown.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Bank.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Bruit,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Falls-Windsor.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Grandois.
- Area_code_709 wikiPageWikiLink Great_Harbour_Deep.