Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Mon, 29 Apr 91 12:03:58 EDT From: Carl Moore (VLD/VMB) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: North Georgia to Get NPA 706 Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest 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 316, Message 7 of 12 Lines: 28 Commenting on the newspaper speculation on running out of area codes, I will restate/summarize what has been said in this Digest before: Area codes of the N0X/N1X form are running out, and area codes will then have to generalize to NXX, with the first slew of NNX area codes being of form NN0 (and Mexico then will be getting pseudo-area-codes of 52x form, x not necessarily 0). This will force dialing to change in many areas: Local calls within your own area code should remain 7D (the exceptions I know about are soon to be discontinued if not already: Use of 1+703+7D for extended area calls from "Northern Va." to "Prince William". Use of 1+7D (at least this was available in 1970s) if you are in 215 just outside Phila. metro, have metro-wide service, and are calling points not already included in next lower level of local service; if this metro service has remained available, the leading 1 is being removed, just like for long distance within 215. For local calls to other area codes, check locally for use of 7D or NPA + 7D or 1 + NPA + 7D. Long distance within your own area code should be 7D or 1 + NPA + 7D, with 1 + 7D having to be discontinued. Long distance to other area codes should be 1 + NPA + 7D, with NPA + 7D having to be discontinued.