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In 1947, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) devised the first nationwide telephone numbering plan and assigned the original North American area codes. The state of California was divided into three numbering plan areas (NPAs) with distinct area codes: 213, 415, and 916, for the southern, central, and northern parts of the state ...
Area codes 213, 323, and 738; Area codes 310 and 424; Area codes 408 and 669; Area codes 415 and 628; Area codes 510 and 341; Area code 530; Area code 559; Area code 562; Area codes 619 and 858; Area code 626; Area code 650; Area codes 714 and 657; Area code 661; Area codes 707 and 369; Area codes 818 and 747; Area codes 760 and 442; Area codes ...
The additional demands for PCS and cellular phone numbers helped necessitate the 831/408 area code split, the 650/415 split, and the earlier 510/415 split. Part of the previous dialing plan included a mass calling prefix for radio station contests, introduced in the 1960s because some contests put unacceptable loads on the Bay Area's telephone ...
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Numbering plan areas in California (blue) and border states. This map is clickable; click on any region shown to visit the page for those area codes.Area codes 442 and 760 are shown in red. Area codes 760 and 442 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of California.
The current area code is “in high demand” and is expected to be depleted by September 2025. A new area code is coming to Northern California. Who gets access to the new phone numbers?
Look at the area code: Start by comparing the phone number’s area code to the list of area codes you should never answer. If it’s on the list, there’s a good chance there’s a scammer on ...
The first automated toll-free telephone numbers were assigned with area code 800, created as inbound Wide Area Telephone Service (InWATS) in 1966 (U.S. intrastate) and 1967 (interstate). These terminated on special fixed-rate trunks which would accept calls from a specified calling area with either no limit or a specific maximum number of hours ...