Houston gets new area code
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Did we take it from somewhere, or is there a cache of unused area codes out there?
Stole it from Louisiana at gunpoint
Ok but which area code is the og?
Dill-Ag13 said:
Ok but which area code is the og?
713. I can remember as a kid in the 70s my folks got my brother and sister their own line and it was when 281 was started
Looking forward to a rash of warranty calls from 621.
I remember the good ole days when you didn't need to dial an area code.
Dill-Ag13 said:
Ok but which area code is the og?
If you have to ask
To call Houston from College Station my freshman year I all to do was dial 1+ and my home phone number.Diggity said:
I remember the good ole days when you didn't need to dial an area code.
BCS was then assigned the 409 area code until 979 came along later.
Will Lina pay for area code camp?
94chem,
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1970's area code map (and probably into the 80s):
https://www.lincmad.com/map1970s.htmlQuote:
The period from 1966-01-01 to 1982-11-04 almost 17 years with only one area code split, was by far the longest period of stability in the history of the North American Numbering Plan. Over 40 new area codes were added during 1997 alone.
Sea Speed said:
Stole it from Louisiana at gunpoint
Go ahead and see yourself out!
Just old enough to remember not having to use an area code.
My cell phone still uses a 713 area code - never want to change numbers, lol.
My cell phone still uses a 713 area code - never want to change numbers, lol.
I was so bummed when I got my first cell phone and it was 281. Still have that number.
281-330-8004
I'm from Port Arthur and wondered why College Station had same area code when I went to A&M.Biz Ag said:To call Houston from College Station my freshman year I all to do was dial 1+ and my home phone number.Diggity said:
I remember the good ole days when you didn't need to dial an area code.
BCS was then assigned the 409 area code until 979 came along later.
Moved all over the country for the past 18 years but still have my 713 number
I was just thinking that SE Texas was 713 until '81 or so.
I've changed a couple times. After people started dropping landlines and fax lines, 713 came available again. Had that one for over a decade now.
I used to have to change my number whenever I took a new job, as my companies issued me Blackberries and I didn't believe in carrying two phones.
Since 2011 I've always been at BYOD companies, so I'm still rocking 713 despite living pretty far from Houston for the last 10 years.
Since 2011 I've always been at BYOD companies, so I'm still rocking 713 despite living pretty far from Houston for the last 10 years.
We got the different area codes. 713. 346. 281. Too much fun.... 621....so much sun.
94chem said:
Will Lina pay for area code camp?
Blue Star reference sir
My oldest sister got a phone in her room and it was 281. Had to have been between 1978 and 1980. She graduated from high school in spring of 82. Our home number was a 713-376-xxxx in that same time. That was nice to be able to just dial seven digits on the rotary phone.Buford T. Justice said:
I was just thinking that SE Texas was 713 until '81 or so.
281 was introduced in 1996.
Jugstore Cowboy said:
1970's area code map (and probably into the 80s):https://www.lincmad.com/map1970s.htmlQuote:
The period from 1966-01-01 to 1982-11-04 almost 17 years with only one area code split, was by far the longest period of stability in the history of the North American Numbering Plan. Over 40 new area codes were added during 1997 alone.
When did 713 become the island inside the large 409?
1983
The 281 area code wasn't introduced until November, 1996.randy828 said:My oldest sister got a phone in her room and it was 281. Had to have been between 1978 and 1980. She graduated from high school in spring of 82. Our home number was a 713-376-xxxx in that same time. That was nice to be able to just dial seven digits on the rotary phone.Buford T. Justice said:
I was just thinking that SE Texas was 713 until '81 or so.
https://www.allareacodes.com/281
Area code 409 split from 713 in November, 1982.
Area code 979 split from 409 in February, 2000.
Did they force migrate some 713 numbers over to 281? Maybe all the burbs back when they maybe cared about keeping them separate? Strongly feel the number we had growing up (80s Woodlands) is the same today and its 281.
Yep.
We went from 713 to 281 out in Katy. That's when I knew I was suburban trash.
Think it was the beltway that was the dividing line but may have made that up.
We went from 713 to 281 out in Katy. That's when I knew I was suburban trash.
Think it was the beltway that was the dividing line but may have made that up.
Diggity said:
Yep.
We went from 713 to 281 out in Katy. That's when I knew I was suburban trash.
Think it was the beltway that was the dividing line but may have made that up.
Yeah, same for us in Sugar Land.
College station was still 409 when I went in 97. 979 was a year or two later.
As a kid in the 80s in Corsicana we only had to dial 5 digits. Both exchanges in town started with 87. That changed sometime in the late 80s.
Did you have cool naming conventions like KLondike 5?
Diggity said:
Did you have cool naming conventions like KLondike 5?
No? Don't understand.
SJEAg said:
Did they force migrate some 713 numbers over to 281? Maybe all the burbs back when they maybe cared about keeping them separate? Strongly feel the number we had growing up (80s Woodlands) is the same today and its 281.
The original plan was to assign the 281 area code to everyone outside the Beltway only.
When the 832 area code came along they scrapped that plan in favor of the overlay.
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