Pa. PUC to Hold Hearings on Area-Code Exhaustion
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission plans hearings next month on the imminent exhaustion of the 717 area code, the commission said in a news release Wednesday. Neustar, the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), predicted the area code will run…
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out of numbers during Q3 2018. In March, the PUC sought comments on a NANPA petition recommending the PUC overlay a new area code throughout the existing 717 area code and require customers to dial 10 digits for every call. Alternatively, NANPA said the PUC could split the area in half and require half the region’s residents and businesses to use a new area code. The hearings will be held Aug. 9, with one at 1 p.m. and a second at 6 p.m., at the state commission’s HQ and webcast.