Voip Blog
Filed under: I did not know that
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
I always thought that your phone number was intrinsically tied to a specific location. I mean, I know you can get a voip internet phone number that's actually a New York number even if you're really located in Los Angeles, but I had no idea that different area codes might share the same local exchange code.
See, phone numbers, regardless of whether they're voip or PSTN, are basically made up of three parts: the area code, the local exchange, and your specific location. So a number that looks like this: (323) 681-xxxx means you have a California number (323), in the city of Pasadena (681), at such-and-such a street address (xxxx). Here's the interesting part, Pasadena shares that 681 local code with a lot of other towns all over the country, including: San Francisco, Daytona Beach, Salt Lake, Detroit, and Philadelphia, to name a few. This means that if your San Francisco number isn't being used in Daytona Beach, it should be possible to hang onto your phone number but tack on a Florida area code, instead of your California one.
What a crazy concept. If you want to find out which area codes share local exchanges, go to Fone Finder and search by number using only the local exchange.
