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Article #1605Re: 440 Area code!?
From: Stephen C. Trier
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article <DpD8Ko.2sL@hamnet.org>, Don Ritchie K8ZGW <k8zgw@hamnet.org> wrote:
>Overlaying 440 over the 216 WOULD solve the number problem because they could
>assign the same number twice. ... but
>for some raason they don't want to do it that way.
In a few areas (New York City, I think, is one) it has been done that
way. The problem with it is that people then have to remember which
neighbors need 7-digit dialing and which need 10-digit. Splitting a
code causes more intial inconvenience, but people will quickly learn
that nearby destinations are still 7 digits while farther away ones are
10.
Also in NYC, the telco assigned a new area code to cellphones alone.
There would be something to be said for saying, "All cellphones are area
code X, all pagers are area code Y, and all regular lines are area code Z."
Stephen
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