On 8/23/16 5:21 AM, Andrew Seybold wrote:
I don't understand this, we now live in Phoenix with 3 area codes and 11 digit 10 digit dialing is required, pain since you have to dial 1 out of the area but not to any of the 3 area codes.
Dialing 10-digits for local is typical with overlays, not with splits. That's what started the discussion.
The best new addition of an area code I have seen is in NYC where the reason for need of a new area code (wireless phones and devices) was met by an area code for wireless devices only, leaving the NYC area code for wired phones in place,
Wireless companies fought this for years because of the perceived stigma of a separate NPA.
With local number portability, there really isn't such a thing any more. You can get a "wireless" number ported to ring on a wired phone or port a "wired" number to cellular. So while the initial intent of the new NPA may have been for wireless expansion, any numbers within it can be transferred to wired phones (or VoIP).
Guess with the wired companies doing away with wired networks it won’t matter but was a great idea and not at all sure why other areas did not follow the same pattern.
Well there's traditional POTS TDM wired analog or PRI, there's VoIP where the last-mile can be wired or wireless, and there's cellular, so the lines are even more blurred.
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