Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Mon, 6 May 91 11:29:42 EDT From: Carl Moore (VLD/VMB) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: New Area Code For North Georgia 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 338, Message 7 of 9 Lines: 35 Columbus, Georgia (zipcode 319xx) is in 404, not 912. So it will apparently go into 706. It's been said before: Phone prefixes and area codes won't necessarily line up with county boundaries. (Examples: The trouble with the people in New Castle County, Delaware who are on 302-653, which is mostly in Kent County; and my finding that Highland, Md., in Howard County, is on 301-854 and will NOT go into 410.) The rest of this message deals with the TRANSCRIBED ARTICLE only! Notice that the local calling instructions from the big city (in this case, Atlanta) will not change. I don't know what the meaning of "had to fight to get the 706 area code" is; 404 area already has N0X/N1X prefixes, and when it starts running short again, it has to apply for a split. In the following excerpt, the second sentence is contradicted by the messages you have seen in the Digest regarding N0X/N1X prefixes. Unless there is an NPA + 7D setup for local calls across area code borders, 404 is "legally" available as a prefix in 404, but out of courtesy (to avoid confusion when you give a number out orally) is not used as such there. > The telephone system is simply running out of area codes and prefixes. > Fewer are available than you might think because area codes can't be > used as prefix numbers and prefix numbers can't be used as area codes. > For instance, you'll never see a prefix that uses 404, the area code. Local calling areas and long distance charges are NOT changed by a split. The METHOD for making some calls does have to change. > The telephone company set the area code lines so people who now call > Atlanta without paying a long-distance charge can continue to.