Joe Geiser wrote:
>
> Jim Phillips writes,
>
>
> It's 6 of one, half-dozen of the other - either way, you have
> trouble.  You could end up with a new area code, or forced into
> 10-digit dialing, or both.
>
> Baltimore was the first, I believe, to go to 10-digit dialing several
> years ago, much to the chagrin of the folks who lived there.
> Philadelphia and the surrounding areas (Area Codes 215 and 610) went
> mandatory 10-digit dialing on June 5 of this year, and certain area
> codes in New Jersey go mandatory in the next several months.
>
Not really.  The first areas where 10 digit dialing was required
were
places like Washington, DC, where you had to dial into different
Utility Commisions' jurisdictions (states) but the you could do
it
without a long distance charge, e, g., area code 202 (DC), part
of
301 (Maryland) and 703 (part of Virginia).

Nick D.