Talk:Area codes 909 and 840

message: According to the FBI crime statistics report for year 2006 the 909/951 area codes have the third highest amount of crimes in the State of California at 51,237 crimes.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.244.14.12 (talk) 07:23, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: 909/951/inland empire FBI Crime Rates

message: I have lived all over Southern California and have met many, many people from all areas of Southern California.  I have never heard the term 909er used and although it may have been used once on a television show (or by a few high school students)I do not think it relevant to the area code or notable in any way.  deviousdevelopment 05:35, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you kidding? I hear this almost weekly. Of course its relevant, its deeply rooted in pop culture as a derogatory term. Even more so by far than '213' which there is a large section on pop culture references.Jgeddis (talk) 03:44, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

text: All just here say 909ner lol who would say that ? 2603:8001:4500:1C44:3C1D:8F1F:3694:6619 (talk) 11:08, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: 909er

message: There seems to be an inconsistancy between the large map and small map for the 909 area. I'm not sure which or both is correct.
== 909 as Example Area Code ==
During the early to late 1980s, and probably from the 1970s or earlier, AT&T Long Lines put out what was known as the Distance Dialing Reference Guide, used by telephone companies for internal purposes.  It had five main sections, and every month, replacement pages were sent out.  Some of the pages in the first three sections were never updated, even though they were getting out of date, such as the map of area codes.  There also was a section explaining how to fill in a form to report changes, and the examples used the area code 909, probably because it was unused and likely to be the last area code to be assigned for use.  At the time the map was printed and distributed, I believe the date was mid 1981, and it remained unrevised for the remainder of the time that the DDRG was supported.  That means it did not even show 619, 718 and 818.  I took the initiative in the office where I worked to approximate a replacement map with updates, as well as an updated list of area codes, numerically and alphabetically.
Section 4 of the book listed telephone company business offices for each area code, as well as an office we could call to get the name for phone numbers in that area code.  Section 5 listed every active or just deactivated NXX code in an NPA, and these pages changed most often as new ones were added and existing ones were revised in some way.  When a code split reached the end of permissive dialing, a whole bunch of Ds would appear under the old area code as codes were removed, and the next revision would show many fewer codes in use.  The book was no longer supported by the time 909 became a real area code. GBC (talk) 14:57, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: 909 Inconsistant map

message: During the early to late 1980s, and probably from the 1970s or earlier, AT&T Long Lines put out what was known as the Distance Dialing Reference Guide, used by telephone companies for internal purposes.  It had five main sections, and every month, replacement pages were sent out.  Some of the pages in the first three sections were never updated, even though they were getting out of date, such as the map of area codes.  There also was a section explaining how to fill in a form to report changes, and the examples used the area code 909, probably because it was unused and likely to be the last area code to be assigned for use.  At the time the map was printed and distributed, I believe the date was mid 1981, and it remained unrevised for the remainder of the time that the DDRG was supported.  That means it did not even show 619, 718 and 818.  I took the initiative in the office where I worked to approximate a replacement map with updates, as well as an updated list of area codes, numerically and alphabetically.
Section 4 of the book listed telephone company business offices for each area code, as well as an office we could call to get the name for phone numbers in that area code.  Section 5 listed every active or just deactivated NXX code in an NPA, and these pages changed most often as new ones were added and existing ones were revised in some way.  When a code split reached the end of permissive dialing, a whole bunch of Ds would appear under the old area code as codes were removed, and the next revision would show many fewer codes in use.  The book was no longer supported by the time 909 became a real area code. GBC (talk) 14:57, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  909 as Example Area Code