RE: Area code > 4 digits???

IMHO the area codes will stay at 3 digits for a long while.  The middle   
digit of area codes used to be 0 or 1. That has been changed.  The middle   
digit can now  be 0 - 9.   Other than that BellCore has no immediate   
plans of going to 4 digits.
When they decide to expand, it will probably go higher than 4 digits and   
be like E 164 (SMDS type numbering).

Eric Kempter
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
E-Mail: EKempter@smsocs.com


 -----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-owner [SMTP:midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@mcs.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 1997 12:39 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L
Subject: Re: Area code > 4 digits???



Don wrote:
> I sat in on a Y2k presentation this a.m. and a side item that the   
vendor
> mentioned was that area codes were going to be increased from 3 to 4
> digits in the near future.  This was news to me...  Anyone have any   
hard
> info and dates on this??
>
> Don in DC metro
>


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