cowan@marob.masa.com (John Cowan) (06/06/90)
According to {The New York Times} (5 June 1990, page B-1), New York
Tel has asked the Public Service Commission to activate NPA 917 for
the Bronx plus all cellular phones and pagers in Manhattan.
Currently, the Bronx and Manhattan share the 212 area code.
Approximately 500K Bronx lines and 100K Manhattan cellular/pager lines
would be affected. The total number of lines is currently about 2.4
million, divided into 626 exchanges. The maximum number of exchanges
in 212-land is 757, and they are being consumed at the rate of 33 per
year.
The NYPSC will hold public hearings later this year. If the plan is
approved, permissive dialing would begin on 1 September, 1992, with
use of the new code made mandatory as of 2 January, 1993.
Three alternative plans were proposed but rejected as either too
costly, too confusing, or too short-term: dividing Manhattan into two
NPAs, placing new subscribers in the new NPA without regard to their
locations, or moving the Bronx to 718, the area code used by the rest
of New York City.
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