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Looks like the 315 area code which includes Syracuse, Utica, and Watertown is getting full. I am at the Western end which butts up against the 585 area code. Some talk has been made prior as to moving a couple of counties over to the 585 area code. However, I do not hear any such talk from the people that matter namely the PSC. I am not thrilled about adding another area code to the mix but think the PSC will install one just to assert itself. I would like to hear from people who are currently in the 315, 585, and 607 area codes. Also, anybody regardless of location who has gone through this and how did it affect you.
I would prefer where I am to go over to 585 and since the biggest city (Syracuse) usually keeps the old area code just move Watertown and the North country over to the new code.
 
No big deal. There have been a lot of area codes added over the years. Might affect your calling charges if places you call become long distance. I use cell for all long distance calls. Another thing is your cell phone bill is based on your area code. Least I have a niece in NYC that pays a lot less than I do.
 
That's the thing. These changes will put me on a more isolated island than I am now. Myself and I would suspect a lot of others in close proximity are oriented towards Rochester for relatives and businesses. For those who know the area much of Ontario and Wayne Counties are oriented towards Rochester but yet have the Syracuse-oriented 315 area code. Ontario County wants to go all 585 and at that point Wayne, Northern Seneca, and Yates might as well go over to 585 but that is too logical. I would not think where I am would lose 315 to a completely new area code (XXX) due to Auburn and its proximate location to Syracuse but who knows.
 
I should note Southern Seneca and Southern Yates are already in area code 607 and most likely will stay that way regardless.
 
I'm not seeing why it matters. Ours was changed from 517 to 989 several years ago. For a long time when anybody tried to call us long distance they would get a recording saying that the area code had been changed. It doesn't cost any more to call long distance now than it did then. In fact,we're right on the edge and can call the next town west,which is 616 area code,free. We don't even have to dial 1 before the area code.
 
I agree, in fact it's better because soon after getting switched to the 989AC the local calling area was extended to several other towns. Before I could call St Johns and Fowler, now we can call Ovid, Elsie, Grand Ledge, DeWitt, Laingsburg(I think), and more that I can't remember.

DeWitt was important to me. It's only 1.5 miles to the south and my mothers line is DeWitt.
 
I live in the Atlanta GA area and we have 4 area codes: 404,770,678 and 470. When they added the new area codes we went from 7 to 10 digit dialing: area code + number. It took a minute to get used to it but now it is second nature. As they added the area codes they kept the numbers the same as before just giving one of the new area codes to new numbers. Calling to any of the 4 Atlanta area codes from an Atlanta area code is toll free. We can call more than half the population of the state toll free.
 
It's under 15 miles to the outside area codes and they are all toll calls. As it is in our own area code go about 8 to 10 miles and it is a toll call. My problem is I can remember years ago calling much further away and still be considered a non-toll call. My fear is where I am is kind of a no man's land to the large cities and the PSC will wedge a new area code in so the phone companies can collect additional charges. Make my proposed change for 585 and myself plus many others would most likely be very happy in the end.
 
Anything I am aware of in the region has a history of an overlay never happens despite all the prior talk. I currently get 3 towns toll free and if one proposed change happens the number drops to two. Most family and businesses I call are already toll calls so that number will increase. It's not about punching more keys but just being reamed to death over fees and charges.
 
Here's just a thought,and I don't know if it's available in all areas or not. My brother went to Radio Shack and got a phone that was it's own system. The charge is 19.95 a month plus taxes,absolutely free long distance. He's had it for over a year now and says the bill is steady at $24 and some change every month.He has a daughter in another state that he calls every weekend. He's no tech guy. Said Radio Shack made the entire switch for him. Said after he signed up,his old phone worked for a few days,then when the switch was complete the new one started working. He kept his old number and had to do nothing except start using the new phone once they had completed the switch for him.

I really need to get to Radio Shack and get one for myself.
 
Our state had 2 area codes when I was a kid. They now have 5. Every time they just split 1 area and made 2 areas out of it. They never moved the original lines just split a area in half and made 2 areas.
I do not live close enough to a line to have it affect long distance. The big town next to me now has a different area code but it was long distance even before they changed the area code.

I do live right on a parish (county to you) line. I live in one parish but my phone line comes from the next parish over. Since it is long distance to call from one parish to the other it made every phone call long distance. I could call 50 miles to the east but to call my kids school; electric company; post office; parish government office; all about 5 to 10 miles to my west were long distance.

What I did to combat it was to sign up for circle dialing. It is a service my phone company came up with just for this problem. It cost a few extra dollars a month but allowed me to call within a mileage circle of my house in any direction without it being long distance. The bigger the circle you chose the more it cost.

After years of complaining to the parish government my many people in my same situation the government forced the phone company to make all phone calls inside the parish you live in a local call no matter where your phone line came from.

This all happened long before cell phones. I now use a cell phone as I do not even have a landline phone any more.
 
I have always lived in a corner of three area codes. 607, 518, and 315. I am in 607, my neighbor across the road from me is 315, and neighbors a half mile north of me are 518. Three years ago when I closed my contracting business, and went to work for another company, the wifey and I elected to discontinue our landline service and go cellular. We chose 518 area code for the cell base, as that is the area where we called the most, and the company I worked for was located.. Got rid of all the hundreds of solicitation and sales calls, that were driving us up the wall. I still maintain business acounts, plus utilities, but billing is now done by e-mail.
Our USPS service sucks here. We get bunches of mail that is not ours, and who knows who gets ours.
Loren, the Acg.
 
Central MN went thru that years ago......Mpls/St. Paul was getting full, so they kept 612 for metro, gave the middle swath of MN 320. Soon metro was full again so they got 763 and 951? Why didn"t they leave us with 612 and split metro with however many they needed? Rural doesn"t count.
 
We had a new area code assigned 18 years ago, then later made it mandatory to dial all 10 digits even for local. Like any other change you just get used to it, the world still keeps turning.
 
West/central Michigan went through that a few years back. Ended up with a couple more codes. Wasn't happy, as I feared there would be many challenges with all njumber changes. Suprisingly, it wasn't too bad. Most of the correspondents were able to change over my number in their directories fairly easily. Businesses apparently had access to a data base to convert their files.

What really blows my mind is the proliferation of many area codes assigned to cell phones. Back when we got ours, our carrier was assigning area codes by your home location. With the portability of cell phones, and folks buying phones all over the place, that quickly balooned out of proportion. Area codes on cell phones have no meaning anymore.
 
I live in Wellsville, NY and we were 716 forever and then went to 585. I dont recall any problems just the telling of all my relatives and friends to dial 585 instead of 716.
 
I'm just west of Rochester and we did the same thing several years ago - split 716 and added the 585. Wasn't much of a deal over all.
 
I live in the 315 area. I'm pretty sure if anyone is going to get screwed over, it will be us. How, I'm not so sure, but that's the way it usually goes.
 
Just to sum up the discussion it's not about punching keys but already paying a big bill because most of my calls are toll charges plus two other area codes lie nearby. Also, in the end the PSC will make the worst choice possible for the immediate area.
 
I am 607, most of my calls are 315. We have TW all in one and have a nationwide plan. costs some but we have a stable phone bill. My Bil was 716 until the last split now 585. A non occurance to me.
 
My landline is Vonage, $9.95 a month gauranteed for life. Call any time, any where in USA for that price including Canada
 
986, Im in the 607, currently moving accross the border into the 570 of Pa. A few years back they split up the Pa area code here and added 570...really no impact either way negative or positive. I seem to remember there was a change years ago in the 716 where my roots are, but again I don't remember any negative impact. It amazes me that at the rate NY is losing people due to taxes and a communist Governor that we are still seeing this problem!
 
If toll charges are a concern, consider changing to a different phone provider or changing which phones you use.

We combined our land-line phone with our internet service. That reduced the total monthly fees and also elliminated all toll charges. Many other people have dropped their land line entirely and have combined all their family's cell phones under one program tailored to their needs.

It is worth the time to explore your options.
 
Yeah...like smart azzzing on everyone's posts! The thing that amazes me is that I have seen some of your John Deere posts; you are obviously very knowledgable and could be a real help on here, but you persist in belittling people and you are never open to discussion, just put anyone and everthing that doesn't think exactly like you down, but then when someone engages you with a well thought out rebuttle, or shows evidence of you being wrong you just fade away!
BTW; I gad some Tapiocca pudding that needed the scum pulled off of it this AM, I considered the 70, the A, the B, the 420, the Super C, H, and M, even the D10 Allis, but I said "what the heck, let's see if B and D is right!" I used the 2N and ya know what? You were wrong! LOL
 
(quoted from post at 05:04:01 08/08/13) I have greater concerns than telephone area codes.
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Then why bother replying? Believe it or not, this place isn't set up just so you can read and participate in discussions that interest only you!
 
Wasn't there a Seinfeld episode where they tried to change his area code to a less "desirable" one? http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,69432,00.html

Since you have to dial an area code everytime now, it really doesn't matter. My local area code changed about 10 years ago. Right now, my cell phone is one area code, my local area and the rest of my families cell phones are another area code, and I work in a third area code. The only real issue is that my cell phone's middle digits matches the number of the cell phones of the town I work. If people aren't paying attention, they don't realize my number is in a different area code. Even that isn't a big deal.
 
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