The trial will go into effect Oct. 26 and temporarily delay distribution of numbers in the planned 878 area code. The pooling trial requires telephone companies operating in the region to share unused telephone numbers in blocks of 1,000. Telephone companies can receive numbers only in blocks of 10,000, regardless of whether they have 100 or 9,000 customers, and those numbers cannot be assigned to different companies.
Excess numbers sit unused.
The trial program will create a pool into which unused numbers are donated. When customers request new service, the phone numbers they receive will come from the pool. That, the PUC said, will prolong the life of the existing area codes. It said 58 percent of the numbers in the 412 area code and 70 percent of those in the 724 area code are unassigned. Earliest info on new businesses, homeowners Sales Prospecting Center Real info, real opportunities.