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From: ekrell@ulysses.att.com
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Subject: New Area Code for New York City - Plans Changed
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Date: 11 Dec 90 14:17:14 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 888, Message 7 of 13


New York Telephone changed its mind and it's now saying that it won't
assign the 917 area code to the Bronx, but instead the Bronx will join
the 718 area code (Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island), leaving area 212
for Manhattan only.

The 917 area code will be used for cellular and paging devices. About
20% of the 2.5 million numbers in the 212 area code are used for these
purposes. A task force will study whether to extend the 917 area code
to fax machines and whether such services from the sorrounding 516 and
914 area codes should also be assigned to 917.
    

Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

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