Area code 615
Area code 615 is an area code in Tennessee that covers the city of Nashville (Davidson County) and 12 surrounding counties. Murfreesboro, Franklin, Hendersonville, and Lebanon are other major cities in the area code.
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[edit] History
When the area code format was originally introduced in October 1947, all of Tennessee was included within area code 901. At some point during 1954 in a flash-cut, 901 was restricted to West Tennessee, while most of the state east of the Tennessee River was split off into 615.
In September 1995, area code 423 was created from the eastern portion of the 615 territory and assigned to most of East Tennessee, including Chattanooga, Knoxville and the Tri-Cities. The rapid growth of the Nashville area, combined with the proliferation of cell phones and pagers, forced another split in September 1997. The western and eastern portions of the old 615 territory (including Clarksville, Cookeville, Columbia and Tullahoma) became the new area code 931, reducing 615 to Nashville and its close-in suburbs.
In 1999, the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) informed the Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA) that the available telephone numbers in the 615 area code would be exhausted by the fourth quarter of 2000.[1] The TRA and telecommunications providers implemented several number conservation measures[1] that succeeded in averting the predicted crisis. In 2003 the NANPA notified the TRA that the area code was not projected to exhaust its supply of numbers for at least five years.[2] As of 2010 it was estimated that it would exhaust in late 2013, by which time an additional split or an overlay might be necessary.[3] An overlay of 615 has been recommended.[4][5]
[edit] In popular culture
The Nashville country-rock band Area Code 615, active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, took its name from the area code.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Request to All Affected Telecommunications Service Providers and Cooperatives in Tennessee to Take Voluntary Area Code Conservation Measures, Docket 99-00784, Tennessee Regulatory Authority, October 15, 1999.
- ^ Neustar, Inc. letter to Sara Kyle, RE: Docket 99-00784, June 17, 2003.
- ^ http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/NRUF/2010_NPA_Exhaust_Projections.pdf
- ^ NOWG-NANPA Meeting Minutes, Neustar, November 15, 2010.
- ^ Tennessee Regulatory Authority Docket 1100018: NeuStar, Inc., in its role as North American Numbering Plan Administrator Petition for Approval of Numbering Plan Area Relief Plan for the 615 NPA, January 31, 2011
[edit] External links
| Tennessee area codes: 423, 615, 731, 865, 901, 931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| North: 270 | ||
| West: 931 | area code 615 | East: 931 |
| South: 931 | ||
| Kentucky area codes: 270, 502, 606, 859 | ||
