Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 25 Apr 91 22:44:05 GMT From: Arnold Robbins Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: North Georgia to Get NPA 706 Reply-To: arnold@audiofax.com Message-ID: Organization: AudioFAX, Inc., Atlanta Georgia Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 307, Message 1 of 12 Lines: 26 In article bill@eedsp.gatech.edu writes: > I heard on the radio during lunch that Northern Georgia is to get > NPA 706 in (May?) 1992. Metropolitan Atlanta is to remain in NPA > 404. Yep. Front page news in this morning's paper. Basically, the current metropolitan Atlanta dialing area will *be* 404, everything else will be 706. The article was pretty nice, it explained how the country was running out of area codes and that Southern Bell "had to fight" to get one assigned to it. Also some speculation as to what will happen when the area codes are exhausted, e.g. making local phone numbers 8 digits instead of 7 or always requiring 1+ten digits, even for local calls. In any case, speculation about area codes here can now be laid to rest. It's official. Arnold Robbins AudioFAX, Inc. Powers Ferry Road, #200 Marietta, GA. 30067 INTERNET: arnold@audiofax.com Phone: +1 404 618 4281 UUCP: emory!audfax!arnold Fax-box: +1 404 618 4581