[COLUG] New Service: GrandCentral

[Duane]

Calvin R wrote:
> Any given area code cannot run out of numbers unless a
> whole new area code is created to deal with additional
> number needed due to new residents and new lines for
> existing customers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_614

Area code 614, which had covered the entire southeastern quarter of the
state of Ohio for decades, now represents only the Columbus metropolitan
area. In 1998, most of the old 614 territory was split into the new area
code 740. In 2001, it was announced that 614 would run out of phone
numbers, and it was decided that a new area code 380 would be overlaid
over 614 with the same geographic boundaries, and 10-digit dialing was
made optional. It was planned that after a year, 10-digit dialing would
become mandatory and new 380 numbers would be issued. In the intervening
time, the growth of fax machines and mobile phones dropped
significantly, and new relief efforts such as number pooling were
instituted, and it seemed that a new area code would not be necessary in
the immediate future. In early 2002, the 380 overlay plan was suspended
indefinitely. 10-digit dialing remains optional, and the 380 area code
remains reserved for Columbus but not used, as of 2007.

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 Duane

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