Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Wed, 5 Jun 91 02:55:08 PDT From: Linc Madison Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: One City With Two Area Codes Message-ID: Organization: University of California, Berkeley 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 426, Message 6 of 10 Lines: 21 In article Scott Barman (scott@nbc1.ge. com) writes: > 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 (917) will > be used for cellular phones and beepers in New York City ... Does anyone have a list of prefixes in 212/718? Is it really true that none of the 212 prefixes in the Bronx are duplicated in 718? If so, then either NY Tel anticipated this situation (in which case, why didn't they just throw the Bronx into 718 in the original split?) or they got astoundingly lucky. Also, a quick look at the NPA/NXX list shows 718 with about 400 prefixes in use, and 212 with about 660. If even 1/3 of the prefixes in 212 are Bronx exchanges, it won't be long before 718 gets split again. Linc Madison = linc@tongue1.berkeley.edu