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