New York City is getting a new area code.
Area code 929 will be assigned to the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, parts of the city that now use 718 and 347 area codes.
The dialing pattern is already activated in the area, but existing telephone numbers with the old area codes will not change.
The 929 code will be slowly integrated to minimize confusion and service disruptions for customers.
Service providers will begin customer education mid-year to prepare for the new code.
The new area code is being introduced because 718 and 347 area codes are expected to exhaust by 2012.
(Source: NY1)
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i miss you 212 those were the good old days
There is actually a bit of time before this comes active. Coming from the carrier world we are first to know once it is lit. It will also take a long time for a lot of carriers to recognize it.
In the old days there was no need to dial an area code if you made a local call. How is it that modern technology lost that capability? And in the real old days they used letters like MU for Murray Hill and CL for CloverDale remember?
Well, to be more accurate, NYC has 212, 347, 646, 718, and 917 are codes. That is not counting 800, 866, 877 and 888 numbers.