Is anyone doing anything to slow down the pace of adding new area codes?
Area code changes are inconvenient for both residential and business customers, so it is important to make the numbers in each area code last as long as possible. The FCC and state regulatory bodies are examining several ideas for improving number utilization. These ideas include improving the information we have about how telephone numbers are being used and requiring telephone companies to prove that they need new numbers, as well as other, more technical solutions, such as giving telephone numbers to companies in smaller blocks.
