CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Southwest Ohio is just two months away from having the new 283 area code added to the region after the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the overlay back in 2021.
According to altafiber and Spectrum, the area code overlay will come on April 28 and will serve the following communities: Cincinnati, Cleves, Forest Park, Hamilton, Lebanon, Maineville, Mason, Miamitown, Norwood, Oxford, Trenton and West Chester.
PUCO says when the overlay is implemented, all new phone subscribers will be assigned the new 283 area code.
All current 513 area code subscribers will continue to maintain their current number and area code.
An area code overlay usually requires a transition to 10-digit dialing, however, as a result of the nationwide implementation of the 988 dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Line, people in the 513 area have already moved to 10-digit dialing.
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Area code 283 became available to carriers on April 28, 2023, after they exhausted any remaining blocks in the 513 area code. As of April 2023, the two area codes
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The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean.
A new area code is coming to the Cincinnati area. The numbers "513" have become synonymous with Cincinnati. But soon, a new three-digit combo will also represent the Queen City. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved a plan in 2021 to overlay a new area code over the existing 513 area code.
According to The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), the 513 area code is expected to run out of available phone numbers by the end of 2023. To combat that, PUCO approved a plan in December 2021 to overlay a new area code.
Beginning April 28, 2023, customers in the 513 area code region may be assigned a new 283 area code number if they request a new service or additional line.
If you already have a 440 area code with your current phone number. Don't worry. That won't be changing. ASHTABULA, Ohio — Northeast Ohio is now home to the brand new 436 area code as of Friday, March 1.
Area codes 513 and 283 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the southwest of the U.S. state of Ohio, including Cincinnati and surrounding cities, such as Forest Park, Hamilton, Lebanon, West Chester, Mason, Maineville, Middletown, Milford, Norwood, Oxford, Harrison, Cleves, Miamitown ...
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) advises Californians that the new 738 area code will be added as an additional overlay to the existing 213/323 area code overlay region starting November 1, 2024.
Get ready to start dialing a new area code in Southwest Ohio. The Public Service Commission of Ohio says the 513 area code is nearly out of unique seven-digit phone numbers. Beginning at the end of April, new numbers in the 513 area code overlay region may be assigned to a new 283 area code.
The new 436 area code will serve the same geographic area currently served by the existing 440 area code, according to PUCO. That includes parts of Northeast Ohio and the Cleveland metropolitan area, so all of Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake and Lorain counties and portions of Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron and Trumbull counties.
Additionally, area code 513 covers much of Southwest Ohio, including towns like Hamilton, Middletown, West Chester, and Oxford. Cincinnati plays an important role in the history of the US.
Here are some important facts about area code 513: This area code covers cities including: Cincinnati, Middletown, Hamilton, Lebanon, and parts of southern and southwestern Ohio. This area code used to also include Dayton.
Starting on March 15, 2022, customers in the 404/470/678/770 area code overlay region may be assigned a number in the new 943 area code when they request new service or an additional line. The 943 area code will co-exist everywhere in this region with the 404, 470, 678 and 770 area codes.
In May 2023, the projected date to run out of unassigned "313" numbers was pushed back to mid-2026 but the "679" overlay was approved by the Public Service Commission. "The Commission emphasized that the 313 area code will remain in place, and those with existing 313 phone numbers will not have to change area codes...
The North American Numbering Plan Administrator then announced in January that the area code “436” had been selected. According to Verizon, the new 436 area code will start being assigned to users on March 1, 2024.
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved an area code overlay, or the addition of a new area code, on Dec. 14, 2022, in the 440 area code region. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator announced that an additional area code, 436, was assigned to overlay the existing 440 area code on Jan 6, 2023.
In 2016, area code 614 was overlaid with 380 in the Columbus/Central Ohio area for the same reason. In 2020, 326 was added as an all services overlay for 937. Area code 283 was added as an overlay for 513 on April 28, 2023. Area code 436 went into service on March 1, 2024, as an overlay of 440.
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However, because most of San Antonio and Bexar County are in the 210 area code, "210" has become part of the area's identity and culture. Amid projections that 210 would exhaust by mid-2018, the Public Utility Commission of Texas approved a new all-service overlay. Planning for that new area code began in June 2015.
The Missouri Public Service Commission said this change is called an overlay plan and is happening because the 816 area code will soon exhaust available phone numbers. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator projects that the Kansas City area will run out of 816 phone numbers by the second quarter of 2024.
The new area code 656 started service on February 22, 2022, but only after all available central office prefixes of 813 had been assigned. This required ten-digit dialing within the numbering plan area.
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