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715 AREA CODE CHANGES ABOUT ONE MONTH AWAY
Friday, June 4th, 2010 -- 12:11 pm
Posted by Riley Hebert-News Director
A big change in phone service is only about one month away.
Residential and business customers within the existing 715 area code should be prepared for the introduction of the 534 area code, which is slated for July 17th.
Officials are addressing a shortage of numbers in the area code by implementing an overlay.
What does that mean for you? Beginning next month, everyone located in the 715 area code will be required to dial the area code and the seven-digit number when making local calls from both landline and wireless phones. Local calls made without the area code will not complete and a recording will instruct callers to hang up and dial again.
While the dialing procedure will change on July 17th, new phone numbers in the area won’t be given 534 area codes until August 14th.
Customers will need to reprogram their automatic dialing equipment and any other equipment that is currently programmed to dial a 7-digit local number. While 10-digit dialing won’t be required until July 17th, you can still use it now.
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