160:. The panhandle would have retained the 904 area code. Outcry from the public and business community in the Jacksonville region was significant since Jacksonville is the largest urban area in northern Florida, and would thus face a greater expense and burden to change phone numbers, reprogram cell phones and update printed materials than other parts of the area code. When an area code is split, normal practice calls for the old area code to be retained by the largest city in the former area code territory in order to minimize disruption. There was also opposition from
145:(FLA on the telephone keypad) and kept the Daytona Beach LATA in then-904 along with the rest of northern Florida. The reason for changing from 850 to 352 was a potential dialing conflict with the 407-850 office code and some rate centers in the Gainesville LATA with 7-digit local calling into the 407 area code. Political pressure from the tourism industry in Daytona Beach resulted in that area being kept in the then-904 area code.
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all-services overlay as the preferred relief method. NANPA subsequently filed a request with the
Florida Public Service Commission to approve a new area code overlaying 850. The Florida Public Service Commission approved the industry's all-services overlay recommendation on November 5, 2019. The new area code, 448, was officially assigned to overlay 850.
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Area code 850 exhausted its available supply of central office codes in May 2021. Based on previous exhaust forecasts, NANPA began relief planning to provide additional numbering capacity in the 850 region. An initial planning meeting was held on May 16, 2019, where industry members recommended an
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168:. These two agencies objected because the split would have been unbalanced by creating a new code just for Daytona Beach. The Florida PSC changed course and adopted the plan that was ultimately implemented with the panhandle, including
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became mandatory on May 22, 2021. The in-service date, when first central office code assignment can become effective, is June 22, 2021. The first central office code assignment within the 448 area code occurred on May 14, 2021.
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524:"North American Numbering Plan Planning Letter PL-NANP-059"
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Florida was assigned the
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List of exchanges from CIDLookup.com, 850 Area Code
552:"Top Orlando News, Weather, Sports, Entertainment"
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566:"NewsLink - Florida Public Service Commission"
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16:Area codes in Florida, United States
506:"NANPA Planning Letter PL-NANP-059"
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600:NANPA area code map of Florida
834:1997 establishments in Florida
580:"NANPA Planning Letter PL-551"
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322:Laguna Beach
207:Apalachicola
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198:Service area
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55:overlay plan
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785:678/470/943
620:305/786/645
443:Wewahitchka
432:Tallahassee
392:Panama City
342:Mary Esther
307:Gulf Breeze
232:Campbellton
217:Blountstown
170:Tallahassee
139:Gainesville
51:Panama City
47:Tallahassee
808:Categories
537:2019-05-02
466:References
438:Valparaiso
367:Mossy Head
362:Monticello
327:Lynn Haven
302:Greenville
297:Graceville
257:Cottondale
242:Cantonment
237:Carrabelle
31:area codes
422:Southport
417:Sopchoppy
397:Pensacola
377:Niceville
282:Eastpoint
267:Crestview
87:panhandle
85:from the
43:Pensacola
490:July 12,
449:See also
337:Marianna
292:Freeport
227:Callaway
164:and the
67:AT&T
37:for the
789:706/762
769:Georgia
758:256/938
750:205/659
746:Alabama
672:954/754
664:904/324
656:850/448
652:813/656
640:561/728
636:407/689
612:Florida
387:Panacea
372:Navarre
332:Madison
252:Chipley
247:Century
222:Bristol
212:Bonifay
178:overlay
61:History
33:in the
412:Quincy
352:Milton
312:Havana
277:Destin
733:South
681:North
583:(PDF)
527:(PDF)
509:(PDF)
402:Perry
162:NANPA
123:LATAs
716:East
702:West
492:2020
382:Pace
150:LATA
137:and
131:LATA
49:and
797:912
793:770
781:478
777:404
773:229
762:334
754:251
724:386
720:352
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693:334
689:251
685:229
668:941
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