Stephen Douglass wrote:
>
> Either choice leads to pain for someone.
>
>
> Overlay does not do this.  The only people who have to worry about the new
> area code are those who will be calling a new phone number.  All those
> zillions of other folks who use the current area code don't have to lift a
> finger, unless they need to call one of the new area code's numbers.
>
Oh yes they do and equipment has to be changed.  EVERYBODY now
has to
dial ten digits, a waste of time.  Of course, equipment has to be
changed
to dial ten digits also.

Nick D.