On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:28:38 -0600, Jim Redelfs
wrote:

In article ,
wrote:

Main cause for all the area code splits was the exponential growth of cell
phones sucking up available numbers.

Additional lines contribute significantly to the depletion of numbers. Also,
contributing to the rapid consumption of phone numbers is pagers and
Custom/Distinctive Ringing numbers - where you can get up to FOUR numbers to
ring a SINGLE line.

That's likely why ALL phone numbers in this medium-small town used to
have the "657" prefix (and we had 5-digit dialing for local calls).
Now, there are several different prefixes (and even a second "overlay"
area code). Now it's 10-digit dialing. You have to use the area code
to call someone across the street.
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