News & Observer: New Triangle phones to get 984 area code
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/05/11/1189470/triangle-getting-new-set-of-digits.html

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"Triangle residents who have identified with 919 as their area code for more than a half-century will soon have to get used to dialing a new number. The region is slated to received a second area code - 984 - to accommodate a booming population and the proliferation of cellphones. The nation's phone number administrator has alerted public officials in the region that the Triangle could exhaust all phone numbers in the 919 area code within a year. The N.C. Utilities Commission this week gave phone companies a month to come up with a strategy and a schedule to add a second area code. The change will involve a public education campaign and bill inserts to get residents used to the idea. Once the area code is added - which could happen later this year - all local calls will require 10-digit dialing, as is now the practice in Charlotte and other parts of the country. Only new numbers will be assigned 984 codes. "It doesn't take peoplevery long to remember," said Wayne Milby, a number relief planner for NeuStar, the Virginia company that administers phone numbers for the nation's telecommunications industry. "If you don't dial 10 digits, you'll get a recording saying 'hang up and dial again.' " Get ready to reprogram Callers will have to reprogram their phones to add an area code to the 7-digit local numbers stored in phone memories. They also may have to reprogram home alarm systems that aren't set to call a 1-800 number when tripped. The change will mean that some neighbors will have different area codes. As will some spouses. Even the same person can end up with different area codes at work, home and on a cellphone. Phone companies will likely have to make it clear to customers that 10-digit dialing does not result in getting charged for a long-distance call, said Susan Scott, general manager for Durham operations at Frontier Communications, a phone company with 178,000 customers in the state. Long distance calls will require 11 digits - with the area code preceded by a 1. Several local merchants predicted it will take months for residents to accept 984 as an equal partner with 919. "Most people identify 919 with being local," say Ryan Elliott, a manager at The Wine Merchant in Raleigh. "For some period of time, when people see 984 they may not realize it's down the street." Cellphone users with AT&T Wireless and some other carriers may not have to adjust their mind-set, since they already dial 10 digits as part of their calling plan. Several dozen phone companies will be affected by the change, including AT&T, Frontier, CenturyLink, TimeWarner, as well as a number of smaller competitors. "This is pretty commonplace," said Jayne Eve, vice president of state governmental affairs for Windstream, with nearly 270,000 customers in the state. "Eventually, we'll all end up with 10 digits." The 984 area code was picked for the Triangle a decade ago when the region was expected to run short of phone numbers at the time. But the industry was able to stretch available numbers by assigning them to phone companies in blocks of 1,000 instead of 10,000, thus reducing the number of assigned numbers that were not being used. As of today, roughly 95 percent of phone numbers in the 919 area code have been used. Just as some regions are wrapping their collective brains around the concept of dual area codes, a half-dozen high-population areas now juggle three area codes, including Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, New York and Pittsburgh. At least one local business is eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new area code - 919 Marketing in Raleigh. "919 has always been the shorthand for the Triangle, the Capital," said company CEO David Chapman. "When people see 919, it's going to tell them that we've been around for a long time. I see it as a mark of distinction for us." "

Petey Pablo's gonna have to write a new song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpdlLJV1ot4

5/11/2011 3:47:09 PM

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"919 has always been the shorthand for the Triangle, the Capital," said company CEO David Chapman. "When people see 919, it's going to tell them that we've been around for more than a week a long time. I see it as a mark of distinction for us."

5/11/2011 3:48:51 PM

984 is to Raleigh as 980 is to Charlotte as 646 is to New York

Nobody wants them

5/11/2011 3:50:44 PM

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"Petey Pablo's gonna have to write a new song"

NORTH CA'OLINA

COME ON AND RAISE UP

5/11/2011 4:01:42 PM

Take phone numbers away from illegals

5/11/2011 4:05:52 PM

DEY TUK OUR JOBS PHONE NUMBERS!

5/11/2011 4:09:12 PM

OH GOD! Wont someone please think of the children!?

5/11/2011 4:16:15 PM

I got all the 919#s I need yo!

3 Cell phones
1 Landline
1 Magic Jack
1 Efax
1 Google Voice

No one is gonna make me look like a n00b with some 984 phone number

5/11/2011 4:25:23 PM

336 represent

5/11/2011 4:28:36 PM

I remember when NC had only two area codes: 919 and 704

5/11/2011 4:33:28 PM

5/11/2011 4:33:48 PM

rocky mount used to be 919, but you people took it from us in the early 90s. now we're 252

5/11/2011 5:03:15 PM

i always put the area code on numbers in my cell phone anyway

5/11/2011 5:10:13 PM

So does everyone else. 984 now just makes you look like a mark.

5/11/2011 5:11:26 PM

Cant we just make all the counties outside Wake change their area code and keep ours.

5/11/2011 5:42:09 PM

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"336 represent"

More like 910, you fuckin noob

5/11/2011 5:43:09 PM

For a good time call 984-460-5479 or 984-816-8089... why do I remember my old Raleigh landline #s?

5/11/2011 5:49:45 PM

I still rep the 919. Haven't lived in Raleigh since 2006. People are confused as hell when my cell is Raleigh, my DL is Alaska, and I live in Boston.

5/11/2011 8:50:56 PM

^^^I'm like 1 mile from 910

[Edited on May 11, 2011 at 9:49 PM. Reason : and I'm not sure what noobiness has to do with anything here]

5/11/2011 9:48:54 PM

Wow - now it'll be a completely substantiated cool points factor to still maintain a 919 number after the changeover. So exciting.

5/11/2011 9:55:07 PM

Better go get your 919 numbers before the guvrnmint takes dem away

5/11/2011 9:57:00 PM

919 should be reserved for native NC'ers. Give the 984 to the yankees.

5/11/2011 9:57:57 PM

a month to plan a new area code rollout doesn't seem like much time

5/11/2011 10:01:15 PM

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"336 represent"

You're next actually.

5/11/2011 10:09:40 PM

Most major numbering systems we encounter are based to some extent on geographic origin. For example, our social security numbers are encoded for the place of birth. Why don't we just take pride in those (they are free) as being our true numeric heritage and forgo the importance telecom companies have placed on a phone number area code?

Now can I get your 919 number homey? I wanna be in the cool kids club. Homeslice, spot me a quarter, aight.

5/11/2011 10:11:38 PM

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"^^^I'm like 1 mile from 910 [Edited on May 11, 2011 at 9:49 PM. Reason : and I'm not sure what noobiness has to do with anything here]"

910 begat 336

5/11/2011 10:22:25 PM

I was not aware. I much prefer the area covered by 336 to the area covered by 910 though. Except the Wilmington part.

5/12/2011 1:49:06 AM

they should have picked a number that started with something different - in atlanta some ads just need to put either a 4/6/7 as the area code and everyone just knows that it's 404 or 678 or 770

5/12/2011 7:10:37 AM

so as people die off and those 919 numbers that are now taken become available can they be reassigned, or does anyone who gets a phone after the roll out get 984?

5/12/2011 8:46:46 AM

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"MAN: You're probably one of those women who doesn't like to give out her number. ELAINE: No, I'm not. Here you go. MAN: 646? ELAINE: It's a new area code. MAN: What area? New Jersey? ELAINE: No, no. It's right here in the city. It's the same as 212. They just multiplied it by 3, and then they added one to the middle number. It's the same. MAN: Do I have to dial a one first? MAN: I'm really kinda seein' somebody. ELAINE: Yeah? Well, so am I!"

5/12/2011 11:09:24 AM

http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=150640

just registered a 919 number in RTP.... forwards to my cell

[Edited on May 12, 2011 at 11:25 AM. Reason : http://putupyourdukes.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/the-area-code-rating-system-why-1-10-just-isnt-enough]

5/12/2011 11:22:48 AM

984 now just makes you look like a mark.

5/12/2011 11:43:32 AM

i, too, am a 910-er

5/12/2011 11:45:19 AM

more like a 719

5/12/2011 11:56:21 AM

i have the most baller phone number ever
919 and it ends in 00
had it since '99

5/12/2011 12:03:34 PM

Ok. Go down to the central office and try to apply for baller status with that bullshit.

Ain't gonna happen.

5/12/2011 12:05:17 PM

Fuck anyone who gets a new phone number after then turn 23. I'm not reprogramming that shit unless you're extremely good looking.

5/12/2011 12:07:13 PM

i have at least 5 calls a year with people trying to buy my number. true story.

5/12/2011 12:08:39 PM

i texted someone this week with "1337" as the last 4 numbers.

5/12/2011 12:11:37 PM

nice^

5/12/2011 12:32:41 PM

919~655~8000

5/12/2011 8:38:16 PM

In the Denver-area, we identify with the 303 area code (see band 3Oh!3 from Boulder) and we have 720... it's just used for cell numbers... not that big of a deal, we're still the 303.

5/14/2011 2:56:40 PM

and you're the only ones who care

5/14/2011 3:53:21 PM

I want to move to Denver

5/14/2011 5:00:52 PM

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"Once the area code is added - which could happen later this year - all local calls will require 10-digit dialing, as is now the practice in Charlotte and other parts of the country."

This sucks. Why can't they make it so that you only have to dial 10 digits when dialing numbers with the new area code? People with 919 should still only have to dial seven digits.

919 fo life!

5/17/2011 5:09:12 PM

Who the hell dials numbers anymore anyway?

5/17/2011 5:27:43 PM

so you send yours by singing telegram?

5/17/2011 6:48:08 PM

I do on my house phone, my cell phone is too busy getting texts, emails, and google ims to talk on.

Also people in jail.

5/17/2011 6:49:03 PM

i've lived in raleigh/durham since '01


BUT I BEEN 704 FA LIFE

5/17/2011 10:50:33 PM