On Nov 7, 2006, at 11:52 PM, Juha Metsäkallas wrote:
Are you saying that in many parts of North America (country code 1), you can have an area code 123 while your neighbour right next door can have an area code 234? Does this mean that calling him/her is a long distance call with long distance change? Or does it depend on which telephone operator you choose?
No. Long distance charges are not related to area codes but are determined by the phone companies. These companies determine the free calling zones based on the three digit prefix following the area code.
Therefore, "Area Code" really no longer truly relates to a separate physical area but just a different group of three digit prefixes. This was the primary reason for requiring the user to dial all ten digits for local calls as opposed to the last seven digits only. It could be either a local "trunk" call or a long distance call. This also made it possible to duplicate all of the last seven digits for two (or more) different area codes thus multiplying the amount of numbers available.
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