The Ohio Public Utilities Commission opened a proceeding to...
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission opened a proceeding to create a new area code in all or portions of the 740 area code in central and southeast Ohio, said the PUCO in a news release Wednesday (http://1.usa.gov/1hjG729). The North American…
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Numbering Plan Administrator notified the PUCO that the 740 area code is projected to run out of available phone numbers by Q2 2015, said the commission. The PUCO opened the proceeding to decide between two options: An overlay to permit the retention of all current 740 numbers but require 10-digit dialing for local calls in the 740 area, and all new subscribers receiving a new area code; or a split where seven-digit dialing of local calls would remain in the code area but about half of the wireless and landline customers in the current code area would have to change their phone numbers. Comments on case number 13-0700-TP-COI are due Nov. 27.