Conn. Dept. of Public Utility Control (DPUC) asked FCC to authori...
Conn. Dept. of Public Utility Control (DPUC) asked FCC to authorize trial of service-specific area code overlay for wireless carriers and any other providers not capable of local number portability. Petition didn’t specify whether overlay should go atop 203…
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(New Haven) or 860 (Hartford) code, both of which are projected to run out of numbers by end of 2002. DPUC said its request was based on Dec. FCC request for comments on using service- or technology-specific area codes as relief tool. If FCC grants permission for test, DPUC will determine which depleted code would get wireless overlay. If 203 were chosen, new code would be designated 475; if 860 is chosen, new code would be 959. DPUC said service-specific overlay would delay need for further code relief for “extended period” of time.