He told me, yes, this is going to happen, but these things take time. That makes sense. But in talking to everybody about this, I kept hearing about committees, study, and so on. I would not mind it if the feds and the state keep a fire lit underneath them. There is exploding demand but a fixed supply of numbers.
Numbers are a scarce public resource.
Millions of people should not have to change their area code every couple of years purely for the convenience of private companies. St. Petersburg Times.