Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: jsol@bu-it.bu.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Area Code NineOhNine Message-ID: Date: 19 Oct 89 03:20:44 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 26 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 461, message 1 of 10 Yes, Patrick, that's exactly what I feel too, however I must point out that the average number of donuts per capita income per person is about 2. It seems there is also a gaping hole around 12; some get more, some get less. In any case, Los Angeles politics is a big deal. I'm fairly sure that Beverly Hills won't get out of 213. Just too much money there. And Hollywood? Think about it. All those Hollywood types who have to use area code 909 or 818 or 213......... Hmm, maybe it would make sense to use 909 in downtown LA, but they're essentially right. Just like New York City, area code 213 has a larger saturation than area code 818. Even in Boston, 617 is getting nearly full; even though they just split the code already. It poses a real problem: How do you evenly split an area code so that the growth flows nearly evenly in both codes? I suspect 617 will go to NXX codes before it splits again, at least now that there is no non-Electronic/Digital switching in 617, so changing that shouldn't be much of a problem. However, I will miss the dial-1-is-a-toll-call feature of this area, meaning that if I call a number, I won't know if I have to pay for it or not. jsol [Moderator's Note: Jon Solomon was the founder of TELECOM Digest and the moderator for several years. PT]