| | The King of Codes likes to play by the numbers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | They weighed whether to split an area geographically (allowing one part to keep the old area code and another to take a new) or to "overlay" a new code as businesses and residents require new lines (here, your neighbor could have a different area code). |
 | | One is the potential for "geographic portability," so "you could move and take your number within the same rate center," maybe even cross country. |
 | | The user programs a system to forward calls to various numbers at set times; say, at home early in the morning, to a car phone for 30 minutes, to the office, back to the car and to a gym. |
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