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Upcoming areacode changes.
by Leonard Erickson. 1:105/51, shadow@krypton.rain.com
Since our editor asked about areacode changes, I thought I'd oblige.
The info below was obtained from Bellcore's web site.
"Full cutover" indicates the *end* of the permissive dialing period. That is, the date at which you *must* use the new areacode instead of old one.
440 Ohio (splits from 216 16 Aug 97) 254 Texas (full cutover 24 Aug 97) 940 Texas (full cutover 24 Aug 97) 345 Cayman Islands (full cutover 31 Aug 97) 781 Massachusetts (splits from 617 1 Sep 97) 978 Massachusetts (splits from 508 1 Sep 97) 248 Michigan (full cutover 13 Sep 97) 228 Mississippi (splits from 601 15 Sep 97) 931 Tennessee (splits from 615 15 Sep 97) 435 Utah (splits from 801 21 Sep 97) 760 California (full cutover 27 Sep 97) 264 Anguilla (full cutover 30 Sep 97) 284 British Virgin Islands (splits from 809 1 Oct 97) 767 Dominica (splits from 809 1 Oct 97) 830 Texas (full cutover 6 Oct 97) 870 Arkansas (full cutover 6 Oct 97) 956 Texas (full cutover 6 Oct 97) 660 Missouri (splits from 816 12 Oct 97) 867 Yukon & Northwest Territories (splits from 403/819 21 Oct 97) 920 Wisconsin (full cutover 25 Oct 97) 473 Grenada & Carricou (splits from 809 31 Oct 97) 530 California (splits from 916 1 Nov 97) 876 Jamaica (full cutover 1 Nov 97) 740 Ohio (splits from 614 8 Nov 97) 253 Washington (full cutover 16 Nov 97) 425 Washington (full cutover 16 Nov 97) 781 Massachusetts (full cutover 1 Dec 97) 978 Massachusetts (full cutover 1 Dec 97) 732 New Jersey (full cutover 6 Dec 97) 973 New Jersey (full cutover 6 Dec 97) 734 Michigan (splits from 313 13 Dec 97) 931 Tennessee (full cutover 19 Jan 98) 650 California (full cutover 31 Jan 98) 626 California (full cutover 21 Feb 98) 925 California (splits from 510 14 Mar 98) 435 Utah (full cutover 22 Mar 98) 843 South Carolina (splits from 803 22 Mar 98) 850 Florida (full cutover 23 Mar 98) 440 Ohio (full cutover 4 Apr 98) 877 Toll Free (full cutover 4 Apr 98) 949 California (splits from 714 18 Apr 98) 660 Missouri (full cutover 19 Apr 98) 867 Yukon & Northwest Territories (full cutover 26 Apr 98) 530 California (full cutover 16 May 98) 868 Trinidad & Tobago (full cutover 31 May 98) 740 Ohio (full cutover 6 Jun 98) 323 California (splits from 213 13 Jun 98) 450 Quebec (splits from 514 13 Jun 98) 340 US Virgin Islands (full cutover 30 Jun 98) 649 Turks & Caicos Islands (full cutover 30 Jun 98) 670 Marianna Islands (CNMI) (full cutover 1 Jul 98) 671 Guam (full cutover 1 Jul 98) 831 California (splits from 408 11 Jul 98) 734 Michigan (full cutover 25 Jul 98) 925 California (full cutover 12 Sep 98) 228 Mississippi (full cutover 14 Sep 98) 843 South Carolina (full cutover 27 Sep 98) 284 British Virgin Islands (full cutover 30 Sep 98) 767 Dominica (full cutover 30 Sep 98) 785 Kansas (full cutover 3 Oct 98) 949 California (full cutover 17 Oct 98) 473 Grenada & Carricou (full cutover 31 Oct 98) 323 California (full cutover 13 Jan 99) 450 Quebec (full cutover 16 Jan 99) 831 California (full cutover 22 Feb 99) 580 Oklahoma (full cutover ? ??? ??) 580 Oklahoma (splits from 405 ? ??? ??) 646 New York (splits from 212 ? ??? ??) 684 American Samoa (joins NANP ? ??? ??) 684 American Samoa (full cutover ? ??? ??) 724 Pennsylvania (full cutover ? ??? ??) 724 Pennsylvania (splits from 412 ? ??? ??) 784 St. Vincent & the Grenadines (splits from 809 ? ??? ??) 784 St. Vincent & the Grenadines (full cutover ? ??? ??)
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