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Posted: 8:18 AM Dec 31, 2008
West Virginians Urged to Prepare for New Area Code
Feb. 28. is when the state's new 681 area code goes into service and all calls will require 10 digits
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Verizon is urging West Virginians to prepare for a new area code.
The telephone company says residents and businesses should reprogram fax machines, computer modems, and other equipment and services to dial the area code and seven-digit phone number before Feb. 28. That's when the state's new 681 area code goes into service and all calls will require 10 digits.
Verizon says West Virginians also should start practicing 10-digit dialing.
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Posted by: Sheriff Andy
on Jan 3, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Vera. Vera this is Andy can you connect me with Barney if he isnt home connect me to Aunt Bee. Thank you Vera.
Posted by: osu grad
on Jan 2, 2009 at 03:29 PM
When did WV get phones??
Posted by: Arc
on Jan 2, 2009 at 12:04 PM
It WAS broke, or will be. The state is running out of numbers. That's the reason for the change. Many, many decades ago, if you were calling a number within the same exchange (e.g. 529) you only had to dial the final four digits. That changed at some point. Amazingly, people survived and learned how to dial 7 digits. And so they will again. Let's save our anger for things that really matter...the situation in the mid-east, Iraq, Afghanistan, the economy, inept politicians, the drugs in our area. That's what REALLY matters; not something like an area code.
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