Sweetwater was once considered a Sectional Office in the Direct Distance Dialing Network. Originally it was established as a Class 2 Sectional office in 1957, covering the western Texas region with connections to the Midland and Lubbock primary offices and final groups to the Dallas Class 1 Regional office. Eventual Sweetwater hosted the Amarillo Primary Office in the 1960's, then was only host to Abilene by the late 1970's, yet remained classified as a Sectional Office.
One of the reasons Sweetwater was classified as such a "high" switching class, was it was located along the main El-Paso-Dallas Coaxial cable that extended west to Los Angeles. From the 1960's to 1970's Sweeterwater had microwave service on one route, with a path to Pyron
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