The Kentucky Public Service Commission chose what it calls the...
The Kentucky Public Service Commission chose what it calls the “least disruptive” option for western Kentucky residents in area code 270, it said. The PSC’s decision, released Monday (http://xrl.us/bn6v3q), is the state’s first to create an overlay. To help customers…
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get used to the change, transition will last Aug. 3, 2013, to Jan. 31, 2014, with a permissive dialing period that allows local calls to 270-numbers using either seven or 10-digit dialing, the PSC said. The 10-digit dialing requirement becomes mandatory in February of 2014, with introduction of 364 as an area code starting March 3, 2014. “The need for a new area code is driven largely by demand for new numbers associated with wireless devices, but also is suggestive of increasing economic activity,” Chairman David Armstrong said in a statement, calling it “a positive development.” Telecom providers can issue 270 numbers as long as they last, the PSC said. Comments “overwhelmingly favored an overlay” rather than a split, it added: “Overlays have been used for all but one (in New Mexico) of the last 24 area codes created nationwide.”