Joe Geiser <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>This is true - but with Cellular and now other devices exploding in the
>Northeastern US, overlay area codes are becoming an option that are being
>examined very seriously.  Right now, the PA PUC (Public Utility
>Commission) is stuying it, and there's a roaring debate on overlays.  Bell
>Atlantic prefers overlays as they are easier to implement, but there are
>still quite a few people who absolutely do not want the overlays and want
>another geographic area lopped off.  The problem is the 610 area code ---
>some people who just got a new area code a few years ago, may yet get
>another one.  On the Philly area at least, an overlay makes some sense.
>(I can't say "in this area" - I'm in California right now :-)

Maybe we should simpy quit using telephone numbers and convert to IPv6...

 -- Evan