Actually, I would think that this is possible. My area codes at work and
at home are about to change. The changes are geographic. AFAIK, so are
exchanges (the first three digits). So when 508-111-2222 changes to 978,
so will all the other 111s. Can any telecommunications gurus shed some
light on this?

I would think that the phone companies could make some money offering to
put us through after these area code changes, for a small fee, as they
offer to do with directory assistance...

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>From:  SIMPKINS, Terry[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Monday, July 28, 1997 12:38 PM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: [HP3000-L] new "major disaster" -Reply
>
>Very often I have to go to www.bigbook.com to find a listing. It would be an
>interesting hp3000 sockets application to go out to the net and validate a
>phone number.
>
>[log in to unmask] www.beechglen.com
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>Even better would be one that would update phone numbers to the new area
>code when they change.
>
>Terry Simpkins
>