Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!pyrdc!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: doug@letni.uucp (Doug Davis) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Area Code Splits (was: Splits of NNX?) Message-ID: Date: 3 Oct 89 15:50:02 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: doug@letni.lawnet.com Organization: Logic Process Dallas, Texas. Lines: 53 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 436, message 7 of 7 In article cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) writes: >I assume that 817 is NOT affected by the 214/903 split. That is what Southwestern Bell says... But I bet it's not quite true. >I had never before heard of Dallas and Fort Worth possibly >becoming one area code. I think there are some EMS (extended >metro service) prefixes with 7 digit calling to both cities. There are several EMS connections between them, (817)-467 being the main Fort Worth EMS exchange, there are also some FX lines 488 (weatherford) and 994 (cellular), All of these are advertised as "unaffected" by the split. Presently and EMS customer dials 214-XXX-XXXX (notice the lack of 1 or 0) to call into Dallas. I have to assume that people in Dallas calling Fort Worth would dial 817-XXX-XXXX. As a side note, it was a little less than a year ago when a person with EMS or FX service into the 817 or 214 area could just dial direct to either area code. Seems that 214 started running out of NXX's and they quickly (with less than two months warning) added the prefix requirement. :-( There are also ajacent calling areas, like Arlington / Grand Praire those poor people are just now getting used to prefixing 214/817 when dialing across the street. ;-) Since it appears that Waxahachie will be 903, they should be good and warmed up, cause they are gonna have to get used to dialing 903 as well, when calling someone down the block. Good trivia question, what's the most area codes in a local calling (non EMS, or extra charge) area you know of? I'm sure three isn't the most, but it's gotta be up there. Anyway, since my office is in one of the areas that will be serviced by 903 and my home EMS service isn't supposed to be effected I wonder if I will still be prefixing the calls with 214, or 903.. (check back in late '90 and i'll let ya know ;-) ) Doug Davis/1030 Pleasant Valley Lane/Arlington/Texas/76015/817-467-3740 {sys1.tandy.com, motown!sys1, uiucuxc!sys1 lawnet, attctc, texbell} letni!doug "ack, pifft! *ZOT* RRRREEEEEEEAAAAOOOOOOWW!" -- Sound effects from the "Bill The Cat'lprod(TM)" Commercial, Available in better hardware stores near you. [Moderator's Note: I think phones at the 'Four Corners Monument' (the only place in the United States common to four state boundary lines) have local service -- for whatever it is worth out in the desert -- to 303, 602, 505, and 801. The Navajo Indian Reservation at Aneth, Utah has local service on all four of the above. Any others? PT]