HISTORY
1946
Proposal
1947
Final Plan
1948
- 1959
1960
- 1969
1970
- 1979
1980
- 1989
1990
- 1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
NANP Area Code History: 1970 - 1979
Judged by many in the field to be the most stable period for area codes, the
seventies only saw two new codes added for actual geographic use (804 and 819),
while other non end-user-dialable codes were added for various purposes.
Old |
New
|
State (linked):
Geographic Description
|
Permissive
|
| NEW | 900 | Special pay-per-minute services. | 01/01/70 |
703 |
804 |
VA:
Southeastern half of the state |
06/24/73 |
315 |
716 |
NY:
Portion of now Rochester LATA |
03/21/75 |
| ADD | 819 | QC/NT: Previously operator-dialable-only points in far-Northern Quebec, Yukon and Northwest Territories were added to customer-dialable 819 | 06/24/75 |
317 |
219 |
IN: Unknown area realignment (NO MAP) [NO TEST#] |
??/??/76 |
| 88x | 52x | Operator Dialable Automated & Mexico Billing Codes Moved to +52. Operator Keys 180+ 8-Digit National Mexican Number. | 01/01/78 |
| 903 | 881 882 883 885 |
Rural Manual Ringdown & Mexico
Billing Codes. 903 Only Partially Reclaimed |
01/01/78 |
| NEW | 886 887 888 889 |
Billing/Rating Identification To NANP Manual Ringdown Points (US, Canada, AK, Carribbean). | 01/01/78 |
