judice@sulaco.enet.dec.com (Louis J. Judice 21-Dec-1989 1045) (12/21/89)
Let me be devil's advocate and ask: "Why should area codes be directly associated with a geographic entity?" For example, the 310 area code in Los Angeles could be assigned to all new exchanges regardless of where in the region they are located, or all cellular #'s in the LA/Orange County area, or all modem lines or fax lines, etc... If Los Angeles already has multiple area codes (confused ME the first time I spent lots of time there), why not simply assign codes by service instead of by geography. It might well be simpler to associate "310" with FAX, MODEM and CELLULAR than with a group of seaside towns. Of course this is all quite naive. This probably violates many conventions of switch setup, etc. I'm not even suggesting that I think there is a sociological problem with spliting area codes; just asking a dumb question! Lou Judice Digital Equipment Corporation Piscataway, NJ 908-562-4103