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, 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, 615 was split off from 901, to serve Middle and East Tennessee. In September 1995, area code 423 was created and assigned to most of East Tennessee, including Chattanooga, Knoxville and the Tri-Cities. In September 1997, Middle Tennessee was split again. The bulk of the area (including Clarksville, Cookeville, Columbia and Tullahoma) going to 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] It is currently estimated that it will exhaust in 2013, by which time an additional split or an overlay may be necessary.[3]
[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/October_2009_NPA_Exhaust_Projections.pdf
[edit] External links
| State of Tennessee Area Codes: 423, 615, 731, 865, 901, 931 | ||
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| North: 270 | ||
| West: 931 | area code 615 | East: 931 |
| South: 931 | ||
| Commonwealth of Kentucky Area Codes: 270, 364, 502, 606, 859 | ||
