johnw@gatech.edu (John Wheeler) (05/25/89)
Semi-quoting page B1 of the Atlanta Constitution of May 24, 1989...
Population growth...will require callers in North Georgia to
dial the 404 area code after a <1> or <0> in addition to the
number when making long-distance calls within that area code.
Walter Sessoms, Southern Bell's vice president for Georgia,
said the phone company has run out of central office codes...
...The new system would permit the use of digits reserved for
area codes to be used as prefixes...Theoretically, the new
system would create about 1.5 million new numbers for 404...
Southern Bell has an application for a new area code pending,
but it will not be issued until all the new available
central (office) numbers are used up.
There is currently a total of almost 2 million access lines
in area code 404, about 1.5 million in the Atlanta calling
area...
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