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Article #75Re: Upstate New York
From: Tom Hand
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:20
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:20
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"�fooguy?" <johns_spam_address@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:a50fcf68.0202202009.51a55165@posting.google.com... > JmG <jmgreen@bestweb.net> wrote in message news:<hea87uckdjdscn7dnavgih9iq7o3mn542a@4ax.com>... > > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:44:28 -0500, JmG <jmgreen@bestweb.net> wrote: > > > > >|On 20 Feb 2002 07:56:26 -0800, johns_spam_address@yahoo.com (�fooguy?) wrote: > > >| > > >|>|The Bell System divides 914 into Upstate and Downstate for calling > > >|>|areas. I usually just think of the area in terms of Poughkeepsie and > > >|>|Whiteplains. > > >| > > >|Not anymore. 914 is now downstate while 845 is not upstate. It took Ma Bell to > > ^^^ > > make that now. 845 is now upstate. > > > > >|J > > > > J (I hate when I do that) > > That silly number plan arrangement. They spent all that time designing > sequences of numbers that were easy to remember. What they didn't do > was plan for population explosions in urban centers. That was > illustrated early on when 212 filled up. > > Not any better than the Brits - they had to add a digit a few years > back. The people of this country would be like a raped ape if someone > added a digit. Maybe they will go ape, but it is inevitable. It won't be long before they run out of new, usable area codes. You can blame it mostly on the wireless phone explosion.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 10870e,ce8615200549c6e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10870e,public X-Google-Thread: f82f0,ce8615200549c6e0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf82f0,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-21 05:30:45 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!priapus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!hub1.nntpserver.com!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator-la!news-in-la.newsfeeds.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!sjc1.nntp.concentric.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!newsfeed1.thebiz.net!not-for-mail From: "Tom Hand" <troybuoy@altavista.com> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.geograph,alt.culture.ny-upstate References: <3c71fdc2$0$23183$4c41069e@reader1.ash.ops.us.uu.net> <u74g8ilco8cn7c@corp.supernews.com> <a50fcf68.0202200756.8f127a3@posting.google.com> <eik77u8pest549nqor3nc53mg0cimp0dj4@4ax.com> <hea87uckdjdscn7dnavgih9iq7o3mn542a@4ax.com> <a50fcf68.0202202009.51a55165@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Upstate New York Lines: 37 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <wu6d8.1899$17.1221222@newsfeed1.thebiz.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 8dp0sKqbZOcZWbPZXJwS1YNMZYmUGLhH+ubcW20wzNgcWu8GlKft8ryd7LU/lFVlKA== X-Trace: WOQaqCpEcW26aMSQw1bFxfNskUR0qNl7Rirav3Nxz1JTmj4TXU/bMEhLJV8xvB3g0XBgfc3elM5+!fRFA2xYm6EUBdjHz4Pq9G4UgL2a2HEZPYzeGiCDBkAjWlCJe4R34AhsSTILBI3SUAQRuwbUpgDxO!FlGFb2jDHxujs6F+suR3ioY9/Czu X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@thebiz.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers to X-Abuse-Info: news-abuse@thebiz.net, otherwise we will be unable X-Abuse-Info: to process your complaint properly. NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 08:20:28 EST Organization: BiznessOnline.com, Inc. Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:20:38 GMT