You might already use area codes in all the phone calls you make. But if you don’t – you’d better start. It’s mandatory in our state as of tomorrow (Saturday, July 29th), with a fifth area code soon to be added. This has been in the works for more than a year – lots of background info here.
Elderly friend of ours experienced this in another city a bit ago. He was confused and thought that some folks had changed their numbers and didn’t tell him. Turns out that he only had the 7 digit numbers stored in his cell phone and when they didn’t work without the area code, he was lost.
I’m sorry, I can’t find references to texting anywhere. We have long used ten digits for everything, texting as well as voice calling, and I would advise that as a good practice regardless of whether it’s required (which I would *suspect* it is).
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