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Instead, in 1992, numbering plan area 212 was reduced to Manhattan, with the exception of [[Marble Hill, Manhattan|Marble Hill]], which, along with the Bronx, was integrated into 718. All boroughs were provided with the additional area code 917, arranged in an overlay plan. | Instead, in 1992, numbering plan area 212 was reduced to Manhattan, with the exception of [[Marble Hill, Manhattan|Marble Hill]], which, along with the Bronx, was integrated into 718. All boroughs were provided with the additional area code 917, arranged in an overlay plan. | ||
Introduced on February 4, 1992,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.verizon.com/about/news/press-releases/bell-atlantic-ready-introduce-new-347-area-code |website=Verizon News Archives |title=Bell Atlantic Ready to Introduce New 347 Area Code; New Area Code to Join 718 to Serve The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. |date=September 13, 1999 |access-date=April 20, 2019 }}</ref> area code 917 was the first overlay area code in the North American Numbering Plan. When it was established, all cellphones in New York City were switched to 917, freeing up telephone numbers for additional landlines.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/old_pl/IL%2091-08-001.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105012053/https://www.nationalnanpa.com/pdf/old_pl/IL%2091-08-001.pdf |publisher=Bellcore |website=NANPA |title=NANP-Introduction of the 917 Numbering Plan Area (NPA) in New York City and Transfer of the Bronx, New York, from the 212 NPA to the 718 NPA |archive-date=5 November 2018}}</ref> | Introduced on February 4, 1992,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.verizon.com/about/news/press-releases/bell-atlantic-ready-introduce-new-347-area-code |website=Verizon News Archives |title=Bell Atlantic Ready to Introduce New 347 Area Code; New Area Code to Join 718 to Serve The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. |date=September 13, 1999 |access-date=April 20, 2019 |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128002907/https://www.verizon.com/about/news/press-releases/bell-atlantic-ready-introduce-new-347-area-code |url-status=dead }}</ref> area code 917 was the first overlay area code in the North American Numbering Plan. When it was established, all cellphones in New York City were switched to 917, freeing up telephone numbers for additional landlines.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/old_pl/IL%2091-08-001.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105012053/https://www.nationalnanpa.com/pdf/old_pl/IL%2091-08-001.pdf |publisher=Bellcore |website=NANPA |title=NANP-Introduction of the 917 Numbering Plan Area (NPA) in New York City and Transfer of the Bronx, New York, from the 212 NPA to the 718 NPA |archive-date=5 November 2018}}</ref> | ||
Shortly after the establishment of the 917 code, the FCC ruled that restriction of area codes to particular types of service was prohibited, but the instance of 917 remained exempt.<ref>{{Cite USGov |agency=Federal Communications Commission |date=December 12, 2001 |orig-date=released December 28, 2001 |location=Washington, DC |title=Third Report and Order and Second Order on Reconsideration in CC Docket No. 96-98 and CC Docket No. 99-200 |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-01-362A1.pdf |at=para. 75 |id=FCC 01-362 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250215235004/https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-01-362A1.pdf |archive-date=February 15, 2025 }} Published in 17 [[FCC Record|FCC Rcd]] at 286, para. 75.</ref> | Shortly after the establishment of the 917 code, the FCC ruled that restriction of area codes to particular types of service was prohibited, but the instance of 917 remained exempt.<ref>{{Cite USGov |agency=Federal Communications Commission |date=December 12, 2001 |orig-date=released December 28, 2001 |location=Washington, DC |title=Third Report and Order and Second Order on Reconsideration in CC Docket No. 96-98 and CC Docket No. 99-200 |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-01-362A1.pdf |at=para. 75 |id=FCC 01-362 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250215235004/https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-01-362A1.pdf |archive-date=February 15, 2025 }} Published in 17 [[FCC Record|FCC Rcd]] at 286, para. 75.</ref> | ||
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Area code 917 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the entirety of New York City. It is an overlay code to all numbering plan areas (NPAs) in the city, and was intended to serve cellular, pager, and voicemail applications in the city. The restriction was subsequently ruled impermissible by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which grandfathered that use in New York City. Area code 917 is also assigned to landlines predominantly in Manhattan, to relieve the shortage of numbers there.
History
The original area code for all of New York City's boroughs was 212, established with the North American Numbering Plan in 1947. In 1984, the numbering plan area (NPA) was divided by splitting Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island into a separate numbering plan area with area code 718, reducing 212 to only Manhattan and the Bronx.
In 1990, The New York Telephone Company wanted to assign a new area code (917) to all cellphones and pagers in Manhattan and all telephone lines in the Bronx, to relieve number shortages in Manhattan, but the New York Public Service Commission denied the request.[1]
Instead, in 1992, numbering plan area 212 was reduced to Manhattan, with the exception of Marble Hill, which, along with the Bronx, was integrated into 718. All boroughs were provided with the additional area code 917, arranged in an overlay plan.
Introduced on February 4, 1992,[2] area code 917 was the first overlay area code in the North American Numbering Plan. When it was established, all cellphones in New York City were switched to 917, freeing up telephone numbers for additional landlines.[3]
Shortly after the establishment of the 917 code, the FCC ruled that restriction of area codes to particular types of service was prohibited, but the instance of 917 remained exempt.[4]
See also
References
External links
- North American Numbering Plan Administrator
- NANPA Area Code Map of New York
- Whitepages Area code Map
- List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 917 Area Code
- ↑ McFadden, Robert D. "917 Area Code Is Proposed For the Bronx". The New York Times. June 5, 1990.
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- ↑ Template:Cite USGov Published in 17 FCC Rcd at 286, para. 75.