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From: tell@cs.unc.edu (Stephen Tell)
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Subject: Re: Phillipsburg, NJ
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Date: 6 Feb 91 06:57:00 GMT
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In article <16695@accuvax.nwu.edu> gerry@dialogic.com (Gerry Lachac)
writes:

>In article <16627@accuvax.nwu.edu> cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) writes:

>>others.  (Does someone have the dates for 908 becoming useable and for
>>the full cutover?) 

>The 908 area code is usable now, as of January 1 I believe.  

It has been active for a lot longer than that; I reprogrammed my
autodialer for parents in NJ as soon as I heard about 908 right here
on the net, probably last March or earlier.  I've used it heavily for
eight months or so.

>NJ Bell advertises about the change over in the local newspapers.  

It is discussed in the new 90-91 phone books delivered this past fall.
My parents live right near the boundary, and their phone book has to
list numbers in the white and yellow pages with the full ten digits.
Actually, it only prints 908, and says "201 unless otherwise stated"
in the front and atop many pages.  Most numbers listed in the book are
in fact still in 201.  For those of you keeping track, their number is
in 908-464, which is in the "Surban Essex" phone book.

Sometime this past fall, CNID in that area started delivering 908 where
appropriate.


Steve Tell       tell@.cs.unc.edu   H: +1 919 968 1792   #5L Estes Park apts
CS Grad Student, UNC Chapel Hill.   W: +1 919 962 1845   Carrboro NC 27510