Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 09:22:26 -0700 From: grandi@noao.edu (Steve Grandi) Subject: 1995 Area Code Update Area Code Changes: 1995- Maintained by Steve Grandi (grandi@noao.edu). Additions and corrections are welcome! (Last Revised: 1 April 1995) Date Event 1) 1/7/95 AC 630 splits from AC 708 (Chicago metro area) 2) 1/15/95 AC 334 splits from AC 205 (Alabama) 3) 1/15/95 AC 360 splits from AC 206 (Washington) 4) 3/1/95 AC 281 overlaid on AC 713 (Houston metro area) 5) ??/??/?? AC 954 splits from AC 305 (Miami metro area) 6) 3/19/95 AC 520 splits from AC 602 (Arizona) 7) 4/2/95 AC 970 splits from AC 303 (Colorado) 8) 5/28/95 AC 941 splits from AC 813 (Florida) 9) 7/15/95 AC 540 splits from AC 703 (Virginia) 10) 8/28/95 AC 860 splits from AC 203 (Connecticut) 11) 9/2/95 AC 562 overlaid on ACs 213, 310 and 818 (Los Angeles metro area) 12) 9/11/95 AC 423 splits from AC 615 (Tennessee) 13) 10/1/95 AC 441 splits from AC 809 (Bermuda) 14) 12/3/95 AC 864 splits from AC 803 (South Carolina) 15) ??/??/95 AC 770 splits from or overlaid on AC 404 (Atlanta metro area) 16) 2/1/96 AC 972 overlaid on AC 214 (Dallas metro area) 17) 4/1/96 888 goes into service 18) ??/??/96 AC ??? splits from AC 503 (Oregon) 19) ??/??/97 AC ??? splits from AC 619 (San Diego) 20) ??/??/?? AC ??? overlaid on AC 817 (Ft. Worth metro area) 21) ??/??/?? AC 340 splits from AC 809 (Puerto Rico) Notes... 1) Originally reserved for Wireless services (cellular phones and pagers). All wireless services in 708 would have been forced to move to 630. All new wireless services in areas served by 312 and 708 would have been in 630. Wireless companies appealed to the Illinois Commerce Commission and to the FCC. The FCC seemed to indicate that wireless overlay areacodes were discriminatory. The latest plan is for 708 to do a three-way split: The south/southwestern suburbs will retain 708, the western suburbs will get 630 and the northern suburbs will get ???. No date for the three-way switch has been announced. Any wireless numbers assigned to 630 in the meantime would be reassigned into the geographical codes. 2) 334 for Southern Alabama, Northern Alabama keeps 205 334 will contain Auburn, Dothan, Mobile, Montgomery and Selma 205 will retain Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa Permissive period ends 5/13/95 3) 360 will cover all of Western Washington except Seattle and immediate suburbs which stay in 206 360 will contain Bellingham, Bremerton, Olympia, Vancouver 206 will retain Auburn, Bellevue, Everett, Redmond, Seattle, Tacoma Permissive period ends 5/21/95 4) First numbers assigned in AC 281 (until 2/29/96) will be wireless services. After 3/1/96, all new numbers assigned will be in 281. Mandatory 10 digit dialing for all local calls in the 713/281 area begins on 3/1/96. 5) 954 was originally to be a wireless overlay on top of 305 effective 3/1/95. The Florida Public Service Commission rejected this proposal and decreed that Broward Co. (Fort Lauderdale) would move to 954 and Dade Co. (Miami) would retain 305. Effective when? Southern Bell is appealing the decision since 305 would have to split again in a few years. 6) 520 will cover the entire state of Arizona except Phoenix and its suburbs which stay in 602 520 will contain Flagstaff, Prescott, Sierra Vista, Tucson, Yuma 602 will retain Buckeye, Chandler, Glendale, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe Permissive period ends 7/23/95 7) 970 will serve Northern Colorado and the Western Slope except Denver and its suburbs which stay in 303 970 will contain Aspen, Durango, Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Greely, Loveland, Steamboat Springs, Vail 303 will retain Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Denver, Englewood, Littleton, Longmont Permissive period ends 10/1/95 8) Southwestern coast of Florida splits: Southern part moves to 941; Northern part (Tampa-St. Petersburg) stays in 813 941 will contain Bradenton, Fort Meyers, Lakeland, Sarasota, Winter Haven 813 will retain Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Tampa Permissive period ends 3/3/96 9) 540 will cover all of Western Virginia except the Washington DC area which stay in 703 540 will contain Blacksburg, Roanoke, Salem, Winchester 703 will retain Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Falls Church, Mclean Permissive period ends 7/13/96 10) SW CT (Fairfield and New Haven Counties) will retain 203; the rest of the state will move to 860. 860 will contain Hartford, Norwich and New London 203 will retain Stamford, Bridgeport, New Haven, Danbury, Waterbury Permissive period ends 10/6/96 11) First numbers assigned in AC 562 will be wireless services in the area served by AC 310. Landline services in AC 310 and wireless and possibly landline services in AC 213 and 818 will follow. Wireless companies and MCI are appealing to the FCC, especially given the decision in the Chicago case. 12) Eastern Tennessee moves to 423 while Middle Tennessee retains 615 423 will contain Chattanooga, Clarksville, Johnson City, Kingsport, Knoxville 615 will retain Murfreesboro, Nashville Permissive period ends 2/26/96 13) Permissive period ends 9/30/96 14) Northwestern South Carolina moves to 864, rest of state keeps 803. 864 will contain Anderson, Greenville, Rock Hill, Spartanburg 803 will retain Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Myrtle Beach Permissive period ends 5/1/96 15) AC 770 will either be an overlay on AC 404 or a geographical split 16) Mandatory 10 digit dialing for all local calls in 214/972 area begins on 8/1/96. All new numbers assigned after 2/1/96 will be in 972. 17) 888 will be used as an extension of 800 "Free Phone" services. 18) No further details 19) No further details 20) Overlay similar to Dallas 21) Unconfirmed. Seems to be a stray rumor. Splits to watch for (Based on Bellcore's projections of number exhaustion contained in letter IL 95/01-018) 314 (St. Louis) (1996 2Q) 904 (N. Florida) (1996 3Q) 216 (Cleveland) (1997 1Q) 612 (Minneapolis/St. Paul) (1997 1Q) 818 (N. part of Los Angeles Metro area) (1998 1Q) 210 (San Antonio) (1998 2Q) 318 (Louisiana) (1998 3Q) 213 (Central part of Los Angeles Metro area) (1998 4Q) 604 (British Columbia) (1998 4Q) 816 (Kansas City) (1998 4Q) 312 (Chicago) (about 1998; revised forward since 312 will get no relief from new 630 code) [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: 708/630 will 'split' again within the next week or so ... we in the northern suburbs will be getting still another new code. 630 will go exclusively to one group of suburbs; 708 will stay with one group. 312 will split as you point out in the next couple years or so. PAT]