Area code 917
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Area code 917 is a New York City telephone area code. It was the first cellular/pager/voicemail area code for the city and is an overlay to 212, 347, 646 and 718. Occasionally, 917 is also assigned to landlines (most commonly in Manhattan, due in large part to the sparse availability of area code 212). Area codes 646 (for Manhattan), 718 and 347 (for Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island) are increasingly being assigned to cellular/pager/voicemail numbers as well. Area code 929 was announced in January 2010 as an additional planned four-borough overlay.[1]
Introduced in 1992[2], area code 917 is the first overlay area code in the North American Numbering Plan. When it was established, all the cellular phones and pagers which previously had "212" and "718" area codes (for Manhattan and the other four boroughs, respectively) were switched to 917, freeing up the phone numbers for additional landlines. Many voice mail services (then in their infancy) and some special large-volume groups such as the Veterans Administration were also kicked into 917.
Shortly after its implementation, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that new area codes cannot be assigned as service-specific, but allowed 917 to remain as such.[3] As a result of a later court order, area code 917 was opened up to all services.[citation needed]
See also
External links
- North American Numbering Plan Administration
- NANPA Area Code Map of New York
- Whitepages Area code Map
- List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 917 Area Code
References
- ^ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/additional-area-code-planned-for-new-york-city-82416587.html
- ^ "Bell Atlantic Ready to Introduce New 347 Area Code; New Area Code to Join 718 to Serve The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Retrieved 17 Dec 2009".
- ^ "FCC order on overlay area codes. CC Docket 96-98".
| North: 914, 845, 203/475 | ||
| West: 201/551, 862/973, 908 | area code 212/347/646/718/917/929 | East: 516, 631 |
| South: 732/848, Atlantic Ocean | ||
| New Jersey area codes: 201/551, 609/640, 732/848, 856, 908, 973/862 | ||
| Connecticut area codes: 203/475, 860/959 | ||
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