marston.UUCP@dartvax.UUCP (David Marston) (04/28/87)
In article <8704242209.AA11757@jade.berkeley.edu>, Doug Mosher writes: : : area code history: : .... > The two digits on the end(s) of the code (4 and 5 in the Bay Area) were > assigned upwards from 2, according to frequency of use. Higher digits went > to... rural areas... Sacramento (had 916, took longer to dial than LA with > 213). > > The codes most often used were New York (212), LA (213), ... ...So the largest cities get the codes that pulse-dial most quickly. What I want to know is: Who thought that Boston, the logical home of the 413 code, was in the Western half of Massachusetts? (The fact that the dividing line is now known to be too far west I consider a reasonable mistake. Not so the swapping of area codes.) .................David Marston decvax!dartvax!marston