I max out at 200kb/s not two miles from the local exchange, and there are no plans to upgrade the lines.

I always have an idea the local exchanges listen in.

Most hotels will supply the phone number or address of a local bed-and-breakfast exchange.

Pete got a phone number with a local exchange (478).

The telephone system is serviced by a local automatic exchange.

This is followed by seven more digits, of which the first three identify an individual local exchange.

The only limitation is that the first three letters or numbers must match one of the local exchanges in your area.

The class 5 office is the local exchange or end office.

Then we pick the prefix, the first three numbers, that's the local exchange.

At the same time, local exchanges were allowed to use 1 or 0 as a middle digit.