Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Dave Turner Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Why Were Area Codes Scattered Around in Assignment? Message-ID: <11963@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 10 Sep 90 20:54:27 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 9 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 634, Message 6 of 14 At the time area codes were assigned, AT&Ts headquarters was at 195 Broadway in Manhattan not in New Jersey. If AT&T had wanted to be first, Manhattan would have a different area code. It would be interesting to know who did the initial area code assigments. If it were done by someone in Bell Labs (mostly in NJ) then 201 might make some sense.