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760 Area Code Stays Put - 442 Overlay Approved

Posted October 17th, 2008 by ucanphil

North (San Diego) County is about to have two area codes, 760 and 442, after a grassroots campaign spearheaded by keep760.org and assisted by UCAN convinced the CPUC to vote 5-0 in favor of keeping the 760 area code and overlaying new area code 442, nixing its earlier ruling that would have split the area code in two. A split would have forced all North (San Diego) County residents and businesses to adopt area code 442.

After a well-attended Carlsbad public participation hearing overwhelmingly favoring the overlay, PUC Administrative Law Judge Maribeth Bushey wrote in her September 16 proposed decision, "We have considered the volume and substance of these comments and have determined that we should ... adopt a geographic overlay. This will allow all customers to retain their existing telephone numbers, which we understand to be the highest priority for customers."

Overlays are less disruptive because everyone keeps their current area code, and businesses do not have to incur the added expenses of reprinting telephone numbers on stationery, business cards, advertising materials, fleets, and other business-promotional signage.

For more information on this issue, use the excellent web site set up by activist Scott Chatfield who did yeoman's work in not letting the initial overlay option die. (http://keep760.org/)

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