Word: nynex
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...NYNEX officials hope to implement what they call the "geographic overlay" plan. This would keep current telephone numbers in eastern Massachusetts the same, but would install new lines in the immediate Boston-area section of the 781 area code and other lines in outlying areas of the city part of the 978 region...
...area codes will not provide an eternal solution to Boston's number crunch. With the increasing popularity of personal technology, more and more telephone numbers will be required to support new crops of pagers, computers and direct-dial extensions. According to NYNEX, with the overlay plan, new numbers can be implemented as needed...
Harshbarger wants NYNEX to adopt the "geographic split" reminiscent of the last area code change in 1988. With the split, the current 617 area code would be split into 617 and 781. A portion removed from the 508 area code would have the number changed to 978. The result is 1 million people with changed area codes...
...NYNEX officials insisted that the overlay system is more convenient...
...Fundamentally, it's the plan that is the least disruptive to our customers," said Thomas DeSisto, NYNEX managing director of the regulatory planning...