Area code 908
Area code 908 is a
History
In June 1989, New Jersey Bell announced a split of numbering plan area 201 to create a new area code, 908, in North Jersey. The area code became operational on November 1, 1990, which started a permissive dialing period (until June 8, 1991) for the 314 central offices during which existing telephone numbers in the service area could be dialed with 201 or 908 area codes.[1][2][3] Customers in the remaining 201 area had to prefix existing and new numbers in 908 with 1-908. At the time of the split, 1.5 million access lines were served by the new area code.
On January 1, 1997, 908 was reduced to its western portion, forming
Middlesex County is largely 908 in South Plainfield and parts of Edison (particularly Inman Avenue and north of Oak Tree Road) and Piscataway (particularly the New Market area near Plainfield). 908 and the Delaware Valley's 856 are the only area codes in the state that have yet to be overlaid.
Before October 2021, area code 908 had telephone numbers assigned for the
See also
References
- ^ "Split of the 201 Numbering Plan Area" (PDF). Bell Communications Research (NANPA). 1989-09-01. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ The Star Gazette, New 908 are code will take effect this Saturday, Thursday, June 6, 1991
- Verizon Communications, accessed May 12, 2007.
- ^ Newman, Andy. "New Area Codes Introduced", The New York Times, June 2, 1997. Accessed January 23, 2008.
- ^ "Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)" (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administrator. January 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
External links
North: 862/973
|
||
West: 484/610, 570/272
|
908 | East: 347/718/929/917 |
South: 215/267/445, 609/640, 732/848 | ||
New York area codes: 212/332/646, 315/680, 347/718/929, 363/516, 518/838, 585, 607, 631/934, 624/716, 329/845, 914, 917 | ||