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Abnredleg

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6. 10 digit dialing is increasingly common.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 10:54 AM

Oct 2021

Usually when they run out of numbers in an area code. They did it here when they ran out of numbers in the 336 area code. Instead of splitting the area, and making half of the 336 number holders change, they just overlayed a second area code. Have to dial 10 numbers but it wasn’t a big deal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlay_plan

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New Mexicans need to start dialing 10 digits [View all] left-of-center2012 Oct 2021 OP

No elegant way to fix it? marble falls Oct 2021 #1

we have to dial the whole thing where i live , example using a fake phone # AllaN01Bear Oct 2021 #2

Edgewood 55 left-of-center2012 Oct 2021 #4

You brought back a memory packman Oct 2021 #7

No crank El Mimbreno Oct 2021 #5

OK, my project for today El Mimbreno Oct 2021 #3

10 digit dialing is increasingly common. Abnredleg Oct 2021 #6

Ok, this is weird left-of-center2012 Oct 2021 #8