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In reply to the discussion: Do Phone Number "Area Codes" Actually Matter Anymore? [View all]Pab Sungenis
(9,612 posts)57. Sad to think that all the digits are random now.
You used to be able to tell someone's city from their exchange. In the 609 area code (before the split in 1999) you knew that any 69x numbers were Vineland, 32x was Millville, 45x was Bridgeton, and so on.
Likewise, when I went to college at St. Bonaventure, a 372 number meant you were in Olean. 373 meant you were in Allegany. 375 meant you were on campus. Then they added 379 for the college switchboard and before long everything went to hell.
Proud to still use the 794 number I got back in 1993, even if there's no landline connected to it any longer, just a Vonage box.
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IDK about a 666 area code, but once worked in the 666 exchange. That was in more enlightened times.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#5
Area codes DO matter. If you keep your cell phone with its NYC area code when you move to,
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#9
Actually, they do matter. If you only dial 7 digits it's assumed the area code is your own.
Gorp
Feb 2013
#19
LATA = "Local Access and Transport Area". If you need to need more, here's a good explanation...
Gorp
Feb 2013
#26
I Can't Imagine My Mom, the Phone Operator, Cussing Someone - No Matter How Much You Deserved it.
dballance
Feb 2013
#59
Given the reaction when Verizon gave us a hanful of 714 instead of 949 numbers...
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Feb 2013
#38
The zip code in Topeka, Kansas home of the Westboro Baptist Church begins 666
MuseRider
Feb 2013
#52