Alberta -- area code "368" coming in 2021!

Started by Darren Dirt, July 31, 2019, 01:30:33 PM

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Darren Dirt

July 31, 2019, 01:30:33 PM Last Edit: July 31, 2019, 03:18:24 PM by Darren Dirt
...and 368 has to be added to help out after the recent "825" area code (!) -- which some of us have not even known about.

https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2019/2019-130.htm

Yes, that's right, Alberta isn't just 403 south / 780 north (and 587 for both), nope there's ALSO 825 for both, plus in 2021 also the newest 368.

Starting to feel like the burroughs of NYC...

PS: did you know that Calgary's 1.2 million people means that it has easily moved into a size equivalent of a "Top 10 US cities"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population
(and Edmonton is pretty close, too, 900k would rank 12th or 13th in USA -- yikes, 13% growth rate, how is this sustainable? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_100_largest_municipalities_in_Canada_by_population )
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Tom

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July 31, 2019, 02:23:46 PM
I really think it was dumb of them to split the province up when they added 780. Really should have just added on 780 like they did the newer ones.

And yeah I never even heard about 825 till recently when someone called with it :o

I think you typoed Darren, the new code will be 368. You said 825 twice ;D
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Darren Dirt

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July 31, 2019, 03:22:13 PM
Thanks for catching that, I edited to clarify via bold.

Also, I had no idea so *few* area codes in NYC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_area_codes#New_York_City

[212   332   347   646   718   917   929]

Only 7. And similar to our province, the current mix has prefixes that are "only certain area", but only one (917) is "could be anywhere". Less confusing than our system.
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July 31, 2019, 05:05:02 PM
Back in the day there was a reason for area codes being specific to a geographical area.. That's what they were for, and the mechanical equipment couldn't handle routing like modern network equipment can. The area code actually caused big discs to spin in a given way to connect your line to an outgoing trunk to a different central office machine that then handled the rest of the number. (iirc)

But that hasn't made sense in decades.
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Darren Dirt

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August 01, 2019, 08:32:04 AM
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August 01, 2019, 11:42:47 AM
Also phone companies are reluctant or slow to repair any copper lines. All focus is on fibre now.
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