Introducing new phone numbers and 10 digit dialing in San Francisco, Marin, and Santa Clara counties

Yes, 10 digits in your own area code, now you've got it.
Its just a matter of time we'll be doing that in area code 650.

Marin Independent Journal/Richard Halstead, 12/20/13.  "Say hello to 628:  New 3 area code to be introduced in San Francisco and Marin."   

.... "Beginning as early as March 2015, anyone getting a new phone number in Marin or San Francisco will be issued a new area code: 628.  ....  Residents and businesses who have 415 area codes won't be forced to change. But beginning Feb. 21, 2015, they will be required to dial a 10-digit number that includes the area code even when calling another 415 number."

....  Christopher Chow, a California Public Utilities Commission spokesman "said a similar fate befell Santa Clara Valley's 408 area code this year; a new 669 area code is being issued to new customers there."    Read article.

Note:  photograph from Christian Science Monitor, by Melanie Stetson Freeman.

Posted by Kathy Meeh