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Communications in Georgia (U.s. State): Area Codes in Georgia (U.s. State), Area Codes 706 and 762, List of Georgia Area Codes, Area Code 770

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Communications in Georgia (U.s. State): Area Codes in Georgia (U.s. State), Area Codes 706 and 762, List of Georgia Area Codes, Area Code 770
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Area Codes in Georgia (U.s. State), Area Codes 706 and 762, List of Georgia Area Codes, Area Code 770, Area Code 404, Area Code 912, Area Code 229, Area Codes 678 and 470, Area Code 478. Excerpt: In the NANP, area codes 706 and 762 cover parts of northern and west central Georgia outside of metro Atlanta. Until 1992 it was within area code 404, which was retained by the metro area. 706/762 overlay map.This area code is split into two disconnected sections. The small section is west-central Georgia, in the region around Columbus. This is bordered by Area code 334 to the west in Alabama, Area code 478 to the east, Area code 229 to the south, and metro Atlanta's 404, 678, 770, and future 470. It does not touch the landline area of 404, only the cellphone area. The major section of 706 wraps around from Rome in northwest Georgia, east through the mountains past Dahlonega, meeting its narrowest point at Toccoa, then broadening south to Athens and Augusta. It touches Alabama's Area code 256/938 and 334 on the far west, Tennessee's Area code 423 on the northwest, North Carolina's Area code 828 and Upstate South Carolina's area code 864 to the north-northeast, and midlands Area code 803 to the east, and middle Georgia's 478 and metro Atlanta as above. In June 2005, the Georgia Public Service Commission announced that 706 is nearly exhausted for new telephone exchange prefixes, and would be overlaid by a new area code. On June 24, the NANPA assigned area code 762 for this purpose, with 10-digit dialing to be allowed on September 3, and to be required on April 1 of 2007. This is the third time that the GPSC has flip-flopped on its policy for deciding how new area codes would be assigned. Metro Atlanta's suburbs were split into 770, but then both 404 ... More:
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