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| | MPSC Reminds Telephone Customers in the 248 Area Code that Permissive Dialing will begin January 26, 2002, U-12721 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | When NXX codes (the first three digits of a telephone number) in the 248 area code are exhausted, customers requiring telephone service will receive a new number in the new 947 area code. |
 | | During the permissive dialing period, which continues through Friday, June 7, 2002, customers in the 248 area code are encouraged to review the services in their homes and businesses using telephone numbers and either reprogram the equipment or contact their system provider to ensure that their services will not be interrupted. |
 | | The decision to allow customers to retain the 248 area code was based in part, on the desire to preserve the "community of interest" in the 248 area code. |
| www.michigan.gov /cis/0,1607,7-154-10573_11472-41735--M_2002_1,00.html (572 words) |
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