Area code 864
34°39′N 82°20′W / 34.650°N 82.333°W
Area code 864 is a telephone
The area code was created in a
Projections of 2021 anticipated the requirement of relief from telephone number exhaustion in the Upstate region with a new area code for 2024 or 2025.[2][3] On November 28, 2022, the NANP Administrator set the implementation target for area code 821 to mid-January 2024 by creation of an all-service overlay complex, approved by the Public Service Commission of South Carolina, requiring ten-digit dialing. Permissive calling starts there.[4] After mid-July 2024, callers continuing to dial the old method will hear recorded messages informing them to use the new method, and seven-digit local calling throughout the state will be over. Come mid-August 2024, new 821 numbers will get assigned.
References
- ^ South Carolina area codes
- ^ "2022-1 NRUF and NPA Exhaust Analysis" (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administrator. April 21, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "North American Numbering Plan Administrator Announces Plan for Additional Area Code in South Carolina". PR Newswire. North American Numbering Plan Administrator. October 10, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ "Planning Letter PL-606, NPA 821 and 864 All-Services Overlay (South Carolina)" (PDF). NANPA. 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
External links
| North: 828, 704/980 | ||
| West: 706/762 | 864 | East: 803/839 |
| South: 706
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910, 919/984
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