Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Wed, 29 May 91 14:21:20 EDT From: Scott Barman Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: One City With Two Area Codes Message-ID: Organization: National Broadcasting Company, Inc., New York 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 412, Message 7 of 14 Lines: 38 In article : > In article , levitt@zorro9.fidonet. > org (Ken Levitt) writes: >> Are there other cities in the country with two area codes? If I sell >> another 500 copies of my program, how likely am I to run across >> another one of them? > And Our Esteemed Moderator Notes: >> I'd think that with the numerous area code splits >> going on in metro areas, your scenario could become quite common. How >> does your program now deal with (post office) New York, NY? > As an inhabitant of (post office) New York, NY, I make haste to inform > you that that locality has only one area code: 212, also shared by > Bronx, NY. > The 718 area code is divided into the USPS localities of Brooklyn, NY; > Flushing, NY; Jamaica, NY; Rockaway, NY; and Staten Island, NY. There > may be one other which slips my mind at the moment. It was announced not too long ago that the Bronx will be changed to 718 so that Manhattan will be the only borough with the 212 area code. Also, NY Tel also announced that a new area code (918, I think) will be used for cellular phones and beepers in New York City (with the possibility of bleed over into Long Island). I don't remember when this was announced nor do I remember when this was to take effect (I think 1/93). This should throw these databases off quite a bit!! :-) scott barman scott@nbc1.ge.com (This does not represent any opinions of NBC or affiliates)