Regulators reconsider area code change
Erie-Meadville:The state's Public Utility Commission voted to review the recent decision to assign the new 582 area code to a 9-county region in the Northwest part of the state. The new code was to take effect on February 1, 2012 shrinking the 814 area code.
Now, after receiving more than forty petitions against the split, commissioners will hold more public hearings on the matter. Opponents of the plan prefer the "overlay" system in which current numbers would remain the same and new numbers would be assigned 582.
Readers’ Forum
Oh people HATE change… sometimes you got to drag them kicking and screaming… remember all the brouhaha around the 412 split up a few years ago? I could hear it down here in DC – took me forever to remember my Mom’s new phone number.
Rick in DC (formerly Pgh) - January 14, 2011 at 2:26 pm
I think when this all started several years back across the country, it would have been better to assign cell phones/beepers in geographical areas new area codes, and leave the land line area codes alone.
Bob - January 14, 2011 at 2:40 pm
boo hoo I lost my old area code in the late 90’s and we delt with it no petitions. I thin they are a bunch of whiners.
Jason - January 14, 2011 at 8:00 pm
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