Area code 270
as of 2011, Area code 270 currently[when?] serves the U.S. state (commonwealth) of Kentucky's western counties. Area code 270 was split off area code 502 in April 1999.[citation needed]
In September and October 2006, state officials announced that the area code would run out of numbers in late 2007.[1][2]
On May 31, 2007, the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) announced that 270 will be split along the Pennyrile Parkway, with the newly created area code, still to be announced, serving western Kentucky, and area code 270 serving west-central Kentucky. This announcement indicated that permissive dialing of the new area code would begin on April 1, 2008, with mandatory dialing to the new area code on October 1, 2008. Among the cities that will remain in the 270 area code are Bowling Green, Owensboro, and Elizabethtown. Cities that were to have been ceded to the 364 area code included Madisonville, Hopkinsville, Henderson, Murray, and Paducah, as will the Kentucky portion of the Fort Campbell Army base.[3]
The PSC did note that mandatory number pooling, recently imposed on the region, may delay the implementation of the new code. Surprisingly, the 502 and 859 area codes, which serve the urban areas of Louisville (502) and Lexington and Northern Kentucky (both 859), have fewer numbers available than 270, and neither is expected to run out of numbers before 2017.
On June 13, 2007, the PSC announced that the new area code will be 364, but also announced that the previously announced implementation dates would be changed due to number conservation measures including expanded number pooling.[4]
On June 15, 2007, the PSC actually postponed the permissive dialing of the new 364 area code to October 1, 2008. Mandatory dialing to the new area code was changed as well, but the actual date is still TO BE DETERMINED by the PSC.[5]
On November 1, 2007, the PSC again postponed permissive dialing of the new 364 area code, this time to January 1, 2009. Mandatory dialing to 364 is still TBD.[6]
On March 31, 2008, the PSC again postponed permissive dialing of the new 364 area code, to April 1, 2010. Mandatory dialing to 364 is still TBD.[7]
More recently, on June 2, 2009, the PSC even further postponed permissive dialing of the new 364 area code, to January 1, 2012. Mandatory dialing to 364 is still TBD.[8] The split was suspended indefinitely on August 13, 2010 with no permissive dialing date.[9] Most recently, in December 2010, relief was suspended completely. The split plan is now[when?] dead, but could be revived (or replaced with an overlay of 270) when necessary.[10]
These subsequent delays or postponements of the implementation of the 270 / 364 area code split are due to further use of number conservation measures, including mandatory and expanded number pooling, as well as a weakened economy and a reduced usage of telephone numbers dedicated for use by computer and fax modems.
[edit] External links
| Kentucky area codes: 270, 502, 606, 859 | ||
|---|---|---|
| North: 618, 812, 502, 859 | ||
| West: 618, 573 | Area code 270 | East: 502, 606 |
| South: 731, 931, 615 | ||
| Missouri area codes: 314, 417, 573, 636, 660, 816 | ||
| Illinois area codes: 217, 224, 309, 312, 331, 618, 630, 708, 773, 779, 815, 847, 872 | ||
| Indiana area codes: 219, 260, 317, 574, 765, 812 | ||
| Tennessee area codes: 423, 615, 731, 865, 901, 931 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ http://psc.ky.gov/agencies/psc/press/092006/0911_r01.pdf
- ^ http://psc.ky.gov/agencies/psc/press/102006/1006_r01.pdf
- ^ http://psc.ky.gov/agencies/psc/press/052007/0531_r01.pdf
- ^ http://psc.ky.gov/agencies/psc/press/062007/0613_r01.pdf
- ^ http://psc.ky.gov/agencies/psc/press/062007/0615_r01.pdf
- ^ http://psc.ky.gov/agencies/psc/press/112007/1109_r01.pdf
- ^ http://psc.ky.gov/agencies/psc/press/032008/0331_r01.pdf
- ^ http://psc.ky.gov/agencies/psc/press/062009/0602_r01.pdf
- ^ http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/PL_408.pdf
- ^ [1][dead link]
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