Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!lll-winken!telecom-request From: TONY@mcgill1.bitnet (Tony Harminc) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: It is Now Official: 416 to be Split Into 905 Message-ID: Date: 29 Mar 91 00:12:27 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 250, Message 1 of 11 In TELECOM Digest V#11 Issue 243 Carl Moore writes: > Is 905 (the newly-announced code for area to split from 416) to > include the area bordering on 705? The bordering on 705 would make > (as Woody pointed out in an old message) 706, the other former pseudo > area code for parts of Mexico, a poor choice. .... Yes -- 905 will border on 705. Not a great choice. Then again 410 would not have been good next to 416. Last time I looked in a California phone book (February) 905 was still listed as a valid way to reach Mexico city for those without what in the USA is quaintly called IDDD (International Direct Distance Dialing). Oh yes -- whatever happened to 903 ? This used to be for Northwest Mexico. Finally, what is the current plan when the N10 codes are gone ? The old plan called for CO (NNX) codes to be used for area codes, starting with 260. Is that still in the works ? That would require 10 digit dialing everywhere in North America (or timeout nonsense).