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Area Codes

#419
From: John R. Covert
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1986 19:50
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In Issue 134 I wrote:

>The Colorado Springs LATA will be leaving 303 and moving into a new
>area code, 719, some time in 1988.
>
>This leaves only 407, 708, 908, and 909 vacant.  Chicago (312) is expected to
>split fairly soon; it will probably be 708 or 909, since 407 and 908 are valid
>NXXs within 312.

It has been pointed out that I missed another vacant one, 917.  In addition,
903 has been retired for about five years now and could be reused.  The future
of N10, N00, and N10 codes is unknown.

/john
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Subject: Area Codes
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