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"988" is a perfectly valid 7 digit prefix. Turns out they're dealing with that fact by making 10 digit dialing mandatory in area codes that have it.
by bigbillheck 4y ago
"988" is a perfectly valid 7 digit prefix. Turns out they're dealing with that fact by making 10 digit dialing mandatory in area codes that have it.
- JohnTHaller 4y agoRequiring 10 digit dialing was implemented in the affected areas 9 months ago. As an aside, I haven't dialed a 7 digit number in about 20 years. Then again, I live in NYC with 7 different area codes.
- Sirened 4y agoArea-codeless dialing has been dead in many places for ages. My city has had multiple area codes since at least 2000 and so everyone has been providing area codes for well over two decades now. Especially too now that we have people keeping the same phone number for decades (hell, for life even) regardless of where they eventually move, trying to support this feature is a losing cause since many people would be forced to figure out the unstated area code in order to dial.