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  2. List of area code overlays - Wikipedia

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    An area code overlay is a numbering plan area (NPA) in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) that has multiple area codes assigned. Overlay complexes are used to add central office prefixes in an NPA to increase the number of available telephone numbers. [1]

  3. List of Illinois area codes - Wikipedia

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    In March 2007, an overlay plan was created for NPA 630 adding area code 331, and 779 was added to 815. With the depletion of new numbers in area codes 312 and 773, an overlay of both of them, area code 872, was created in November 2009, beginning ten-digit dialing within the city limits of Chicago. The remaining area without an overlay in the ...

  4. Area code 872 - Wikipedia

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    It is an overlay code for a numbering plan area that comprises those of area codes 312 and 773. The overlay commenced service on November 7, 2009. [1] Its overlay status means it is assigned only to new numbers in the area and not to existing numbers using the 312 and 773 area codes. It is the third overlay area code in the region and the tenth ...

  5. List of North American Numbering Plan area codes - Wikipedia

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    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).

  6. Overlay complex - Wikipedia

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    In 2023, the first multiple boundary-extension overlay was implemented with the folding of area codes 602, 480, and 623 into a single overlay complex for the Phoenix metropolitan area. Service-specific overlays are not practiced in the NANP. Only one case, the first overlay area code in the NANPA, 917, was an example of this.

  7. Area codes 309 and 861 - Wikipedia

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    It was the only new area code created in Illinois between 1947 and the 1989 creation of area code 708. On October 24, 2021, area code 309 was transitioned to ten-digit dialing, despite not being part of an overlay complex, in which multiple area codes are assigned to a numbering plan area. The area code had telephone numbers assigned for the ...

  8. Area codes 708 and 464 - Wikipedia

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    Area code 708 was created on November 11, 1989, in a split of area code 312. It once served almost all of Chicago's suburbs in Illinois. In 1996, its numbering plan area was reduced in a three-way area code split. The northern suburbs received area code 847, while the western suburbs were assigned area code 630.

  9. Area code 312 - Wikipedia

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    The numbering plan area is completely surrounded by area code 773, which serves the rest of Chicago. Both area codes form an overlay complex with area code 872. 312 is an enclave area code, and is roughly bounded by North Avenue on the north, Western Avenue on the west, and 35th Street on the south, with Lake Michigan to the east. In terms of ...