On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:48:01 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote:


It was 5 digits here (east Texas, in a small town where all numbers
used the same "first 3 digits"). That changed to 7 digits around 1990
when they switched to ESS and 10 digits around 2004 with the new
"overlay" area code.

BTW, I still haven't heard of anyone using that new area code, but we
still have to dial 10 digits.

I was very pleased when we went to 10 digits. It was the first time I
could dial out on a modem without it being a long distance call.

They gave metro Atlanta our old 404 area code and surrounding areas
took 770 and others.

They should have given the business numbers 404 and residents 770. It
was at least a year before people quit dialing the wrong area code.