Area code 263 is coming
Now that 514 and 438 are almost saturated, area code 263 is coming next fall.
I’d like to see a division of how these numbers are used. Many people who used to have two numbers – a landline and a mobile – have given up on the landline, so presumably those numbers go back into the pool. So is it that each member of a family now has a separate number?
MarcG 19:34 on 2021-11-01 Permalink
After many years of resistance I was finally forced to get a cell last year (doctor wanted patients to wait outside and phone them when it was their turn). I got a 514 number.
Ephraim 19:54 on 2021-11-01 Permalink
450 was expanded to 579 in 2010 and 354 is reserved if they ever need to expand from that.
514 split to create 819 in 1957, split to create 450 in 1998. Overlaid with 438 in 2006 and now we are getting 263.
Kate 20:18 on 2021-11-01 Permalink
Ephraim, did you ever phone phreak?
Blork 21:23 on 2021-11-01 Permalink
My sweetie and I live in the 450 and between us we have two phone numbers, both 514s. (No land line.) Does that make me a faux-50?
Ephraim 21:42 on 2021-11-01 Permalink
No Kate. But I did have over 80 phone lines in my house at one time. Bell installed my own set of 100 pairs. Ran two of the largest BBSes in Montreal 🙂
dhomas 22:53 on 2021-11-01 Permalink
I may have connected to your BBS at some point! I was pretty active on local BBSes in the 90’s. I even got one up and running for a short while. I have fond memories of playing LoRD and TradeWars. I’ve forgotten most of their names by now, but some names stood out like Crazy Al’s. Which did you run?
MarcG 10:22 on 2021-11-02 Permalink
Another ex-BBSer here very curious to know which one Ephraim ran. Those “doors” were super fun. Does anyone remember Permanent Waves – was the SysOp’s name Ford Prefect? I finally read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy last month and the name rang a bell.
Kate 10:24 on 2021-11-02 Permalink
I also BBSed back then. There were some ferocious arguments against a white supremacist who used to lurk around.
Ephraim 10:06 on 2021-11-03 Permalink
I ran two adults only BBSes 🙂
And both have facebook groups, though not very active, for those who want to find others who were on there.
MarcG 10:17 on 2021-11-03 Permalink
OMG PimpWars! (I found a list of old WWIV doors). My poor 13 y/o brain.