July 30, 2010

 

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Northeastern Pennsylvania is getting a
new area code: 272.
 The state Public Utility Commission announced Friday that the
new designation will be used after available phone numbers in the
570 area code have been exhausted.
 The region is expected to run out of 570 numbers during 2011.
When that happens, phone users will be assigned numbers with the
272 code, even though they live in the same region.
 Callers will have to dial all 10 digits of a local number -
instead of the current seven - when the 272 area code is
implemented.
 The number 272 was assigned by the North American Numbering Plan
Administrator. The agency is the neutral third-party area code
relief planner for Pennsylvania.