Tech-Related Demand for Area Codes Falls

Iria · Jan 22, 2007, 02:54 AM

Source: Breitbart.com
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Do the numbers 551, 862 or 848 ring a bell? It might be easy to guess that they are area codes, but determining which regions they represent is a tougher task. All three were created five years ago to serve northern New Jersey, but few people actually have them.

Like other states, New Jersey's area codes were rapidly being drained of phone numbers amid the proliferation of cell phones, pagers and fax machines. But the pool of 23 million phone numbers created by the three new area codes has been barely tapped, with less than 2 percent of them assigned to customers.

Jan 22, 2007, 02:54 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Tech-Related Demand for Area Codes Falls Source: Breitbart.com _________ NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Do the numbers 551, 862 or 848 ring a bell? It might be easy to guess that they are area codes, but determining which regions they represent is a tougher task. All three were created five years ago to serve northern New Jersey, but few people actually have them. Like other states, New Jersey's area codes were rapidly being drained of phone numbers amid the proliferation of cell phones, pagers and fax machines. But the pool of 23 million phone numbers created by the three new area codes has been barely tapped, with less than 2 percent of them assigned to customers.