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 | | The 434 area code has been assigned to customers in the central and eastern portions of the current 804 area code. |
 | | Affected wireless customers that will receive the new 434 area code include customers that live in Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway or Sussex counties and/or the first three digits of their wireless phone begin with 210, 447, 480, 637, 774, 917 or 955. |
 | | "With all the new residences, fax machines, modems, wireless phones and pagers, the 804 area code cannot support the demand for new numbers," said Dominique Mills, vice president and general manager of Alltel's Richmond market. |
| www.alltel.com /corporate/media/news/02/jan/n411jan1102d.html (223 words) |
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