Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: moir@mprgate.mpr.ca (Kirk Moir) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: 416 Area Code Questions Message-ID: <14884@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 19 Nov 90 23:33:09 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Kirk Moir Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd. Lines: 18 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 838, Message 12 of 13 Could someone explain why Bell Canada in Ontario has decided to "break the rules" with respect to area code/prefix syntax. For example, 604 is a valid NNX in Toronto! Thanks and apologies if this question has already been addressed. Kirk Moir Voice: (604) 293-5375 MPR Teltech Ltd. FAX: (604) 293-5787 8999 Nelson Way Internet: moir@mprgate.mpr.ca Burnaby, B.C. CANADA V5A 4B5 (134.87.131.13) [Moderator's Note: I suspect they are simply following the trend of their US counterparts. We have lots of 'area code look-a-like' prefixes here these days. Especially Chicago ... I have two cell phones in the 312 area: the prefix on one is 415; the other is 504. PAT]