| On the plus side, the system worked despite the switchboard and office phone system. |
| The Daily Dispatch switchboard was almost jammed yesterday as readers called to suggest their names for three lion cubs at the East London Zoo. |
| Extra personnel were dispatched to the switchboard, and nonessential telephone calls were rerouted to voice mail boxes. |
| I was asked to work through to operate the telephone switchboard, and she was certainly very busy making dozens of calls. |
| In the good old days the council switchboard put you through to the relevant department. |
| He actually worked in the centre of Birmingham on the emergency telephone switchboard. |
