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10 digit dialing coming to 504 and 337 area codes
Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:47 pm
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I wonder how many 988 numbers there are in the 504? Would it have been easier to just issue them new phone numbers?
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Louisiana residents living in 337 and 504 area codes will soon have to dial 10 digits when making all phone calls.
Eighty-two area codes around the country are transitioning to 10-digit dialing as the Federal Communications Commission prepares to enable 988 to be used to reach the Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Two of the affected area codes in Louisiana will be the 337 area code for Southwest Louisiana and 504 for New Orleans.
The reason for the change to 10-digit dialing these areas is because some numbers in those area codes use 988 as the first three digits in their phone numbers.
The FCC says the change to 10-digit dialing will begin on April 24, 2021. However, for a few months, calls made with only 7 digits will continue to go through.
But those calls will stop going through on Oct. 24, 2021, and only calls made using 10 digits will be completed.
The 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is expected to be put into place on July 16, 2022.
I wonder how many 988 numbers there are in the 504? Would it have been easier to just issue them new phone numbers?
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Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:48 pm to LSUFanHouston
April Fool??
Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:49 pm to LSUFanHouston
Imagine the confusion for people who have just the 7 digits saved in their phones and only use the number every few years.
Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:49 pm to LSUFanHouston
We already at 10 digit here in Alabama
Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:50 pm to LSUFanHouston
In the age of cell phones, all numbers are saved as 10 digit, right?
So many people have non local area codes.
Is this really a big issue?
So many people have non local area codes.
Is this really a big issue?
Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:51 pm to LSUFanHouston
My wife told me this the other day, my response was, "who doesn't dial 10 digits when calling someone?"
I couldn't tell you the last time I only dialed 7 digits, maybe 10+ years ago when I still lived with my parents and we had a land line.
I couldn't tell you the last time I only dialed 7 digits, maybe 10+ years ago when I still lived with my parents and we had a land line.
This post was edited on 4/1/21 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:52 pm to LSUFanHouston
Or maybe use a different number for the suicide hotline.
I have an out of state number, so I have always had to use ten digit dialing anyway.
I have an out of state number, so I have always had to use ten digit dialing anyway.
Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:52 pm to LSUFanHouston
We don't already have this?
Christ I remember my parents telling me I had to start doing this 20 years ago in Virginia.
Christ I remember my parents telling me I had to start doing this 20 years ago in Virginia.
Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:52 pm to Displaced
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In the age of cell phones, all numbers are saved as 10 digit, right?
Not if you have them manually saved. Also, some folks still have a land line. You will have to dial in the 1337
Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:55 pm to LSUFanHouston
Wait you can still call numbers by only 7 digits? Is it 1993 again?
Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:55 pm to CoachChappy
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Also, some folks still have a land line.
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:08 pm to jlovel7
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We don't already have this?
Everything in my cell phone is pretty much 10 digits.
But my work desk phone, when calling local clients, I would often use 7 digits
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:10 pm to LSUFanHouston
Lol, ive been 10 digit dialing for 20 years now.
Started in ATL with all the area codes 404, 770, 678. Then by the time i moved to BR you had to with cellphones.
Started in ATL with all the area codes 404, 770, 678. Then by the time i moved to BR you had to with cellphones.
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:12 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Would it have been easier to just issue them new phone numbers?
No
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:22 pm to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:23 pm to tiger91
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April Fool??
I got the notice with my Cox bill
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:40 pm to LSUFanHouston
I don’t want to live in a world where 2 Live Crew lyrics have become obsolete. :(
Picked up the telephone, then dialed the 7 digits
Said, "Yo, this Marquis, baby! Are you down with it?"
I arrived at her house, knocked on the door Not having no idea of what the night had in store
I'm like a dog in heat, a freak without warning
I have an appetite for sex, 'cause me so horny
Picked up the telephone, then dialed the 7 digits
Said, "Yo, this Marquis, baby! Are you down with it?"
I arrived at her house, knocked on the door Not having no idea of what the night had in store
I'm like a dog in heat, a freak without warning
I have an appetite for sex, 'cause me so horny
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:40 pm to LSUFanHouston
Welcome to 1995 in Atlanta.
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:49 pm to SuperSaint
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Wait you can still call numbers by only 7 digits? Is it 1993 again?
hell at that time (ok maybe a few years before that) we used to only dial 5 numbers for some local calls
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:52 pm to Steadyhands
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Or maybe use a different number for the suicide hotline.
Can't they just use 555? That way anyone who watches any movie ever will know that number. I don't think I have ever heard a real phone number start with those 3 numbers.
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