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However, state regulators decided that having the Austin area keep 512 would spare the large number of state agencies in and around the state capital from the expense and disruption of changing their numbers. On February 13, 1999, the 512 area code was reduced to its current size when the southern portion (including Corpus Christi) became 361.
A numbering plan area with multiple area codes is called an overlay. Area codes are also assigned for non-geographic purposes. The rules for numbering NPAs do not permit the digits 0 and 1 in the leading position. [1] Area codes with two identical trailing digits are easily recognizable codes (ERC).
Independent State in the World Washington, DC US CT 09 1950-01-01 1 12 1201 Maine United States (Includes territories and possessions) United States Independent State in the World Washington, DC US ME 23 1950-01-01 1 13 1301 Massachusetts United States (Includes territories and possessions) United States Independent State in the World
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This makes the fastest-dialing area code 212 (5 total clicks), followed by 312 and 213 (6 clicks). The area code 605 is much slower than these, at 21 clicks. Many large US cities generally had fast-dialing area codes with the middle digit 1. Touch-tone dialing, introduced later, eliminated the wait.
Zone 1 uses an integrated numbering plan; four digits (1xxx) determine the area served in Canada, the United States and its territories, and much of the Caribbean. Zone 2 uses two 2-digit codes (20, 27) and eight sets of 3-digit codes (21x–26x, 28x, 29x), mostly to serve Africa , but also Aruba , Faroe Islands , Greenland and British Indian ...