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The original 801 area code, as shown on a 1952 map. Area codes 801 and 385 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) serving Salt Lake City and the four surrounding counties of the Wasatch Front in north-central Utah. The numbering plan area comprises Davis, Morgan, Salt Lake, Utah, and Weber counties.
this was the first part of North America to have its code changed three times: from 213 to 714 1951: to 619 in 1982, and to 760 in 1997. was to have originally split off the portion of 760 serving San Diego County to a new 442 area code in late 2008/early 2009; that plan was cancelled. 2009: overlaid by 442. 761.
A map of Utah with the 801 and 385 area code overlay in red and area code 435 in white.. The state of Utah is divided into two telephone numbering plan areas in the North American Numbering Plan, which are assigned a total of three area codes, two overlay codes for the Salt Lake City area, and one code for the rest of the state.
Some geographic area codes are similar to the toll-free codes, e.g., 801, 818, 860. Toll-free numbers are also sometimes confused with 900 -numbers , for which the telephone company bills the callers at rates far in excess of long-distance service rates for services such as recorded information or live chat.
The original North American area codes were established by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1947, after the demonstration of regional Operator Toll Dialing during the World War II period. The program had the goal of speeding the connecting times for long-distance calling by eliminating intermediary telephone operators.
Zone 1 uses an integrated numbering plan; four digits (1xxx) determine the area served in Canada, the United States and its territories, and much of the Caribbean. Zone 2 uses two 2-digit codes (20, 27) and eight sets of 3-digit codes (21x–26x, 28x, 29x), mostly to serve Africa , but also Aruba , Faroe Islands , Greenland and British Indian ...
Toll-free telephone number. A toll-free telephone number or freephone number is a telephone number that is billed for all arriving calls. For the calling party, a call to a toll-free number from a landline is free of charge. A toll-free number is identified by a dialing prefix similar to an area code.
As of July 2023, California has 38 active area codes. Area code. Service area. Notes. 209. Stockton, Modesto, Merced, Turlock; the northern San Joaquin Valley and the central Sierra Nevada range. Split from 415 on October 26, 1957; split off 559 on November 14, 1998; overlaid with 350 on November 28, 2022. 213.