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Attorney General L. Scott Harshbarger '64 opposes the overlay plan on grounds of fairness...
Proponents supports the overlay plan because of its convenience: No existing numbers would change...
...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...
However, the overlay plan is complicated by recent action by the Federal Communications Commission. Under its ruling, an area that adopts an overlay plan must also implement 10-digit dialing for all telephone calls. A caller in the 617 area, for instance, would not have to press 1 before dialing the new 781 area code...
...NYNEX officials insisted that the overlay system is more convenient...