[SpongeG]

Vancouver has two: 604 & 778

[malek]

dear lord

[Greco Roman]

Vancouver has two: 604 & 778

I've never heard of the 778 code before. What area does it cover?

[mersar]

http://www.cnac.ca/images/NewAreaCodeMap.png
http://www.cnac.ca/npa_codes/npa_map.htm

There we go. Someone close this now.

[zoomer]

17.

[ReginaGuy]

This is a pretty dumb thread, there are only 3 cities in Canada that have more than one

[caltrane74]

The GTA has 5-7 depending on what you consider the GTA

416-905-647-289-705-519 - and newest of all 226

[feepa]

for any worth to this conversation, Alberta may be soon doubling there area codes (to 4 total), by having 2 area codes in the 780 and 2 in the 403 areas. I think 403 gets it first in as early as 2011? and 780 in 2015.
http://www.cnac.ca/npa_codes/relief/common/Final_2005_R-NRUF_Report.pdf

[BlackRedGold]

This is a pretty dumb thread, there are only 3 cities in Canada that have more than one

But there are 4 metros that do!

[Doug]

Tue, October 31, 2006
New phone code


By PABLO FERNANDEZ, CALGARY SUN

Alberta’s blistering growth will soon affect the way Albertans make their phone calls, likely resulting in 10-digit local dialing and a third area code.

But unlike the two area codes that currently exist in Alberta, which have geographic boundaries, the new overlay area code will be superimposed over the entire province, said Glenn Pilley, director of the Canadian Numbering Administrator, which is responsible for phone numbers in Canada.

“We need to drop another area code into the province,” he said.

“403 will run out of numbers in three years and 780 will run out one year later.

“So we need to have another area code in place one year before that happens, preferably 18 months before.”

Cell phone companies, which will have to reprogram handsets, alarm companies which rely on phone service for home security and building buzzers, which use phone lines to connect visitors to apartments, will need the time to adjust, he said.

In a proposal the CNA hopes to send to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission within the week for approval, the province would receive a new area code and entirely switch to a 10-digit dialing system, even for local calls, said Pilley.

If approved, the proposed changes will take place within the next two years, he said.

The CNA hopes the CRTC, which often approves CNA proposals, will return with a verdict within six months, said Pilley.

The new area code will be given to new phone numbers in the province, regardless of their geographic location, he said.

Depending on growth, the new area code will provide Alberta with another 10 to 20 years’ worth of numbers, said Pilley.

Canadian locales already using overlay area codes and 10-digit dialing include Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

[mersar]

for any worth to this conversation, Alberta may be soon doubling there area codes (to 4 total), by having 2 area codes in the 780 and 2 in the 403 areas. I think 403 gets it first in as early as 2011? and 780 in 2015.
http://www.cnac.ca/npa_codes/relief/common/Final_2005_R-NRUF_Report.pdf

A lot sooner then that. They've allocated 2 more area codes (587 and 825) for Alberta, and the implementation date is targeted for March 2009 (403 will exhaust by October 2009, and 780 by Nov 2010 otherwise). Looking like the favoured plan is an overlay, so the entire province will need 10 digit dialing like what Vancouver and Toronto, etc, already have. The decision now is whether its one overlay covering the entire province, or two separate ones, one for each 403 and the other for 780.

source (http://www.cnac.ca/npa_codes/relief/common/Combined_NPA_403-780_PD_7_Dec_2006.pdf)

[harls]

we just started 10-digit dialing not too long ago. Before I could call my home in Gatineau from work here in Ottawa without the area code, not anymore.

[vid]

Thunder Bay is in 807. It is scheduled to run out of numbers by 2354, at which time we will use the area code 5ண*cough twice*. :)

A more interesting thread would be comparing local calling codes, to see which cities have the same ones. :)

251 343 344 345 346 472 473 474 475 476 577 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 683 684 708 766 767 768 935 939 957 983

[habsfan]

Ha ha, My penis is bigger than yours!:rolleyes:

[graupner]

My city has more area code than you, gnagnagnAgna!!! :koko: :koko:


We should make other ,more interesting city vs. city contests, likle which city has girls with the biggest breast per capita, which city has the highest average IQ, which city has the highest consumption of birth abort pill, etc. Now we would be talking!!!

[DrJoe]

Cobourg has, you guessed it, one (905).

Pointless thread BTW.

Edit: 289 is also used I believe.

[LordMandeep]

we went 10 digits 5 years ago..

[MolsonExport]

How uninteresting. Who cares?

[MaThQc]

well, with the internet phone, we can have all digit code if u want in the same place.

[SpongeG]

hey i was bored at work and i was inspired some of the threads in the city discussions like what does your city's ambulance look like

[Sacamano]

should of gone along those lines then .. like .. what colour are your fire hydrants (for Toronto, its Shelbyville)

[miketoronto]

I like the old fashion way of making phone numbers with names and numbers.

[Holden West]

Prior to the 1960s, Victoria's telephone exchanges were EVergreen and GArden. For example, GA4-1234 equalled 424-1234 and EV4-4321 equalled 384-4321.

Lots of 38 numbers exist today in Victoria so you can still tell someone your EVergreen exchange phone number for fun.

Well, "fun" is a relative term. :D

[caltrane74]

This is thread is damn stupid. But its fun.

btw ...Toronto-GTA, like myself, has the biggest penis.

(Barrie[705] and Orangeville[519/226] give us 3 more area codes.)

[401_King]

TDOT baby, we own

[LordMandeep]

yeah we own, bitches!!
...


lol this is trully very sad i must say.

[401_King]

i got hoes in different area codes

[M II A II R II K]

They will have 4 digit area codes by around 2015, so it'll be 11 digit dialing before we know it.

But I don't know why they insist on making area codes overlap now, coz they don't want to inconvenience people who already have phone numbers perhaps...

[NutmeG]

Ha ha, My penis is bigger than yours!:rolleyes:

Awwww shux!, you mean all those penis enlargement pills were for nothing?!?!


:haha:

[SteelTown]

Bell will make all calls within Hamilton local -- for a price
By Nicole Macintyre
The Hamilton Spectator
(Jan 18, 2007)

Call your cousin in Stoney Creek from Ancaster to share the news -- the city is finally making it a local call.

At councillors' direction, Bell Canada is seeking permission to extend local calling to the suburbs, where residents pay long-distance rates to make calls across the city.

The change will cost all residents an extra 30 cents a month and businesses 17 cents. The fee is meant to compensate phone companies for their lost long-distance revenue and will end after three years.

If approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), local calling will be extended to Ancaster, Binbrook, Dundas, Freelton, Galt, Hamilton, Lynden, Mount Hope, Stoney Creek, Waterdown and Winona.

No phone numbers will be changed.

Insurance agent Rex Wang with the Co-operators in Dundas is thrilled by the move that will save him money calling clients.

"It's ridiculous. When I call from home in Westdale it's no cost. From work in Dundas it's long distance."

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Do any of you guys have the same problem? Even though another community is local Bell still charges you for long distance? I know when I call from Ancaster to Stoney Creek I'm charged as long distance even though Ancaster and Stoney Creek is all part of Hamilton since amalgamation, therefore local.

[habsfan]

Awwww shux!, you mean all those penis enlargement pills were for nothing?!?!


:haha:

may i recommend the Swedish penis enlarger...also known as the Swedish Pump!;) :cheers:

[vid]

Long distance applying within a municipality?? Bizarre. Here you can be an hour away from town and still be making local calls in. :P

[BlackRedGold]

Long distance applying within a municipality?? Bizarre. Here you can be an hour away from town and still be making local calls in. :P

In Ottawa it is long distance calling the far west end from the far east end and vice versa.

[SpongeG]

isn't paying for calls becoming more common over seas?

I think in south africa if you call within the same city you pay for it - thats why they all have cell phones- at least thats what my cousin was telling me

[vid]

I find it weird. I can go into Strange TWP, which isn't even in the CMA, and it's a local call. Maybe it's because the city owns the phone company? Or perhaps because there are only 13 people in Strange, they just need someone to talk to?