phone area code

55 50 Ron · Jul 17, 2019

I see in the photo ads that a fellow in SD has a 715 area code. I thought SD is 605 AC only.

old · Jul 17, 2019

Now days it is common for some one who has moved to another state to keep there old number on there cell phone but yet be in your state. Had that today with a person wanting a couple of kittens I had and there number was 9?? which is not a Missouri area code but yet they where here in MO

Ozlander · Jul 17, 2019

Area codes don't follow location anymore.
BIL has Washington area code in North Carolina.

SDE · Jul 17, 2019

715 is my area code in WI. If I get a cell phone here locally and then move to another state, my phone number will not need to be changed.

jeffcat · Jul 17, 2019

Just google the area code. That is a very old code from 1947? Area codes almost mean nothing anymore. Now they are just a way to generate more numbers for devices.

spacecadet9 · Jul 18, 2019

Besides the portability of cell phone numbers you can get a Google Voice number from areas all over the country.

showcrop · Jul 18, 2019

I made an inquiry to a business in New Mexico on behalf of someone in Texas. The guy has been calling me back and leaving messages from various different area codes including my own state, and from local exchanges.

Stephen Newell · Jul 18, 2019

Area codes don't mean much anymore. People move with their cell phones and keep their phone number.

ss55 · Jul 18, 2019

Cell phones, VOI (Voice Over Internet) providers, and more and more land line providers let you keep your old phone number when you move to a new location. That eliminates the need to provide updated phone numbers to friends, family, customers, the businesses you work with, etc, and all the confusion that goes with changing phone numbers. It's very handy for snow birds that relocate twice a year.

David G · Jul 18, 2019

I agree, now that we have computerized phone systems, area codes have no meaning. On the original systems, there were rotary relays that would rotate based on each number to route the call. The progressive numbers would funnel/route the call into the next hardwired line.

DoubleR · Jul 18, 2019

My sons Colorado phone number with a higher area code has been the main number for his business that he started in Michigan over 10 years ago where he has been living. As mentioned, area codes don't really mean much anymore. Everyone pretty much just takes their phone number with them as the move around the country.

Leroy · Jul 18, 2019

Same phone company land line in 2 different towns 10 mile apart in same county. Could not keep the number I had for over 30+ years, had to get new number. And I have to keep a land line for my captioning phone for hard of hearing.

SweetFeet · Jul 18, 2019

Agree that area codes do not mean much anymore.

My oldest sister lives on west side of the Rocky Mountains - but her area code is from northern MN, as she pays to be on her son and daughter-in-law's phone plan.

Goose · Jul 18, 2019

True.

Our daughter still has a Washington DC area code here in Nebraska.

dr sportster · Jul 18, 2019

Everyone that moved with their cell phone moved an area code. Mine is NJ in Florida .Meaningless .

1948CaseVAI · Jul 18, 2019

Thank goodness the AC doesn't mean anything location-wise any more. Neither do the first three numbers of new SS#. No one should be able to be traced by any such number.

BarnyardEngineering · Jul 18, 2019

That does not preclude it from being a scam. It only makes it plausible that it is not a scam, which is great for the scammers.

Regardless of what's said here, area codes do still have meaning. They originate from a specific area of the country. The whole notion of "portable" phone numbers is still relatively new so it's still relatively rare to find someone with an out of area phone number.

There are way easier ways to trace someone besides their area code, such as, with their full number. With access to the right resources you can locate someone to within a few feet with their full number. Often times simply putting their phone number into google is all that is necessary.

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