- Area codes 304 and 681
North AmericanArea code 740 poly 131 1 131 67 198 67 197 50 167 36 153 37 144 30 138 16Area code 724 poly 132 1 218 1 215 37 198 50 165 35 173 25 178 14 170 12 166 6 149 7 140 14Area code 724 poly 153 8 140 14 143 29 149 31 151 35 165 34 179 16 173 12 165 6Area code 412 poly 190 69 189 108 214 84 217 88 229 75 233 81 248 84 252 75 258 75 262 71 272 78 279 78 288 96 298 99 298 69Area codes 240 and 301 poly 220 1 217 33 199 54 199 67 262 67 270 49 281 49 290 35 281 23 280 0Area code 814 poly 281 1 298 0 299 69 258 69 272 49 282 48 292 38 287 29 283 25Area code 717 poly 44 1 130 0 125 4 109 9 105 18 94 19 83 13 67 28 53 29 42 19Area code 234 poly 0 153 3 152 13 164 9 185 26 217 47 230 15 249 0 260Area code 606 poly 4 259 46 233 52 242 55 242 60 250 69 252 82 241 86 247 99 245 103 252 98 253 99 260Area code 276 poly 254 87 283 112 290 96 300 101 299 184 271 172 271 152 247 150 221 172 221 180 211 186 187 184 166 217 176 217 169 236 139 257 139 260 99 259 98 255 103 252 100 245 109 243 113 238 116 239 130 233 134 237 142 230 142 225 145 223 146 216 152 204 160 198 166 178 173 176 172 169 178 163 180 154 188 154 189 161 202 164 210 148 214 147 215 135 225 139 232 126 234 130 237 124 240 124 245 116 250 113Area code 540 poly 299 185 300 243 282 245 273 225 251 221 247 213 245 214 244 200 250 198 267 170 272 171Area code 804 poly 267 169 272 169 270 152 245 150 221 170 220 180 210 186 187 183 164 218 175 218 169 235 138 258 138 260 299 260 299 244 282 245 272 226 250 221 248 213 244 214 244 202 250 193Area code 434 desc top-lefttelephone area code 304 was established October,1947 as one of the originalarea code s, and serves all of theU.S. state ofWest Virginia . It will be overlaid with area code 681 effective onMarch 28 ,2009 .In 2007, news reports indicated that West Virginia would soon need a new area code. [http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=19040] [http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=19113]
On
January 29 ,2008 , the West Virginia Public Service Commission voted 2-1 for a split of the existing 304 area code, with the one dissenting vote for anoverlay . However, the telecommunications providers, which were overwhelmingly in favor of anoverlay were still able to request the Commission to reconsider, or appeal to the West Virginia State Supreme Court, for anoverlay instead of a split.Over the following two weeks, numerous state and local government officials, and various business interests, voiced strong opposition to a split of 304, in favor of an overlay. Even the governor of West Virginia voiced his support of an overlay. Several telecommunications providers then officially appealed to the Public Service Commission for an overlay, which was unanimously approved by all three commissioners on
February 13 ,2008 .The new area code will be 681. (At one time, 932 was reserved for use as a future new area code in West Virginia, but there has since been a 304-932 exchange code assigned in Charleston.)
Implementation dates for permissive and mandatory ten-digit local dialing, as well as the effective date of the overlay, have been announced in Neustar NANPA's Planning Letter #375, issued
March 21 ,2008 . [http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/PL_375.pdf]- Permissive ten digit local dialing of numbers in the existing 304 area code will begin no later than
July 26 ,2008 . (Local 304 calls continue to be dialed as just seven digits will still be allowed).- Mandatory ten digit local dialing of existing 304 numbers will take effect on
February 28 ,2009 . (Calls within 304 dialed with just seven digits will no longer be allowed at this time).- One month following the start of mandatory ten digit dialing, on
March 28 ,2009 , will be when new numbers out of the 681 area code can begin to take effect.- A test number for determining if routing to the new area code is in effect from any West Virginia telephone number, 681-990-TEST (8378) is scheduled to start on
December 28 ,2008 , and to remain active through at leastJune 28 ,2009 .ee also
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