Area codes 954 and 754
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Area codes 954 and 754 are the telephone
area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Broward County, Florida. Notable cities in the numbering plan area are Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, Hollywood, Parkland, Sunrise, Pompano Beach, Coral Springs, Deerfield Beach, Davie, Weston, Dania Beach, Oakland Park and Pembroke Pines
.
Area code 954 went into service on September 11, 1995, in a split of
area code 305, which was the original and sole area code for Florida in 1947, when AT&T created the first nationwide telephone numbering plan.[1] By 1995, Broward County had used 305 for 48 years, and numerous splits over the years had made area code 305 more or less coextensive with the Miami
–Fort Lauderdale area. This split was intended as a long-term solution, but within five years 954 was already close to exhaustion due to South Florida's explosive growth and the proliferation of auxiliary devices, such as cell phones, pagers, and fax machines.
In November 2000, the
overlay plan for relief, assigning area code 754 to the same territory in Broward County.[2] The area code was activated on August 1, 2001[3] and began use on April 1, 2002.[4] As the overlay plan required, ten-digit dialing
became mandatory in Broward. As 954 exchanges are exhausted, new numbers use area code 754.
See also
- List of Florida area codes
- List of NANP area codes
References
- ^ Whitefield, Mimi; Fields, Gregg (September 3, 1995). "A New Ring". The Miami Herard. p. 1B, 2B.
- ^ "Area Code Relief Planned for Southeast Florida". North American Numbering Plan Administration. 2000-12-04. Archived from the original on 7 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
- ^ North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA) (2001-08-04). "NPA 754 To Overlay NPA 954 (Southeast Florida)" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-01-08.
- ^ Ostrow, Nicole (2002-03-26). "No Joke: 10-Digit Dialing at Hand". Sun-Sentinel. p. Local 1A. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
External links
- NANPA area code map of Florida
- List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 754 Area Code
- List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 954 Area Code
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| West: 239, 863 | area code 754/954 | East: 242, Atlantic Ocean |
| South: 786
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Bahamas area codes: 242
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