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From: smk@sfsup.UUCP (Stan Krieger)
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Subject: Re: area code map
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Date: 26 Jan 89 17:35:53 GMT
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In article <telecom-v09i0027m06@vector.UUCP>, cmoore@BRL.MIL (VLD/VMB) writes:
> I saw mention of 1953 Binghamton phone book; did it have an area code map?
> I was wondering if there were any area code splits before 305/904 in 1965.

	When DDD came to Atlantic City, NJ in 1961, besides detailed
	instructions on how to use Area Codes, etc, we were told that
	Area Codes were not required to any call in NJ, although the
	map showed the 201/609 split.  There was one list of central
	office codes and the approximate name of the locality served.
	A few years later, we were told to start using 201 for calls
	to Northern NJ.

	I have since heard that the algorithm for Area Codes was orginally
	something like this-

	   1.	States with one area code had its second digit as 0;
		states with multiple area codes had all its area codes
		with a second digit as 1.

	   2.   Lower numbers were reserved for areas with a large
		number of phones, so the time to dial NYC (212) for
		example took less time than less populated areas
		(like the state of Wyoming).

	As I further heard, NJ was originally just one area code
	(201), but it got split before DDD really got moving.
--
Stan Krieger
Summit NJ