Area code 770
Area code 770 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), assigned to Metro Atlanta, Georgia's suburbs and exurbs. It was split from 404 in December 1995, just three years after the 706 (now overlays with Area code 762) split.[1] Due to exurban resident complaints about the original BellSouth maps leaving them no longer associated with the well-known 404, those rapidly growing areas were put back into 404, forcing the entire suburban ring of metro Atlanta to lose 404 much earlier than necessary.
Today, 770 is reserved for use outside roughly Interstate 285, with 404 reserved for inside it. Both codes are now overlaid by 678, and 470 (potentially very confusing with 404 and 770, and adjacent Middle Georgia's 478 , North ,East and West Central Georgia's 706/762,and Alabama's 256/938 ).
Currently, cell phone subscribers in the region can choose from either the 404, 678, or 770 area code when signing up for service. When the area was originally divided in 1995, most cellphones stayed with 404, which balanced the fact that most of the landline area went to 770.
In shorthand, 770 is sometimes written by local residents as 7/phone-number, 7-phone-number or 7)phone-number
Atlanta, Georgia, was the first city in the United States to have mandatory 10-digit dialing throughout its metro area, roughly coinciding with the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Atlanta was used as the test case not only due to its size, but also because it enjoyed the world's largest fiber optic bundle at the time (five times that of New York at the time), and it was home to BellSouth (now part of AT&T), then the Southeastern Regional Bell Operating Company.
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Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton (part with Area code 404), Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb (part with Area code 404), Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton (part with Area code 404), Gwinnett, Hall, Heard (part with Area codes 706 and 762) , Henry, Lamar, Newton, Paulding, Pike, Polk, Rockdale, and Spalding
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[edit] References
- ^ "770 comes on line with little trouble; Anticlimax: Only about 1,000 people call BellSouth as new area code goes into effect". The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution Page Number: D/2 Word Count: 379
[edit] External links
- NANPA Area Code Map of Georgia
- AreaCode-Info.com
- Interactive Map of Area Code 770
- List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 770 Area Code
After months of worldwide advertising, media attention and general hype, the arrival on Friday of metro Atlanta's new 770 area code was almost anticlimactic.Most area residents reported few problems with 770. Some confided difficulty in remembering who was in 770 and who remained in 404. Others simply said it would take some getting used to."You have to stop and think, which is a pain for me sometimes," said Lynne Wallace, secretary-treasurer : p. D2. December 2, 1995. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADA222737FAF40&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
Georgia area codes: 229, 404, 470, 478, 678, 706, 762, 770, 912 North: 706/762 West: 256/938 area code 770 completely surrounds 404; entire region overlaid by 470 and 678 East: 706/762 South: 478, 706/762 Alabama area codes: 205, 251, 256, 334, 938 Coordinates: 34°02′19″N 84°20′35″W / 34.03853°N 84.34311°W
