Later exchanges consisted of one to several hundred plug boards staffed by switchboard operators.
When ringing local extensions, some switchboard operators used local codes of ringing to indicate internal, external or urgent calls.
A rather neat telephone directory / database program that was mainly used by switchboard operators. 4.
The title is a play on the expression used by switchboard operators of the day, asking the caller to hold the line.
Another point is the importance of having the switchboard operators and inquiry desk people fully briefed about the way to speak to those who seek information about voluntary service.
This service is given free, and we encourage our staff in the field to offer it to all firms employing switchboard operators at their private exchanges.
It is impossible for the switchboard operators, with the present equipment, to give the sort of service that we should like them to give.
Five switchboard operators are employed there and all five will retire on different pensions.
