NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 315 AREA CODE

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NEW YORK STATEPUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION315
AREA CODE
CASE 07-C-1486
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THE GOAL OF THIS PROCEEDING

• Provide long term area code relief
• Provide relief with the least possible disruption
  to people in Central and Northern New York

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THE ISSUE TO BE DECIDED

• Which of the area code options will be best
  for the Northern and Central New York Region?
• Overlay Plan
• Geographic Split

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Your Telephone Number

• 315 - NXX - 1234

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OVERLAY OPTION

• A new area code would be superimposed over the
  entire region
• All existing customers would keep their current
  315 area code and seven digit telephone number
• New telephone numbers would be assigned either a
  315 area code or the new area code

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OVERLAY OPTION ADVANTAGES

• Avoids any change in the current area code for
  existing customers
• Can be easily repeated in the future as needed
• Spares thousands of wireless customers from
  having their equipment reprogrammed

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OVERLAY OPTION DISADVANTAGES

• 110 Digit Dialing would be required for ALL
  calls
• An area code must be used to complete ALL calls

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GEOGRAPHIC SPLIT OPTION

• The current 315 area code would be divided
• into two zones
• One zone would retain the 315 area code,
• the other zone would get the new area code
• All existing customers would retain their
• current seven digit telephone number
• As part of its consideration of this option,
• the PSC will decide which zone will retain the
  
• 315 area code

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GEOGRAPHIC SPLIT OPTION ADVANTAGES

• Retains the familiar identification
• between a locale and its area code
• People would continue to dial seven digits
  within their home area code

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GEOGRAPHIC SPLIT OPTION DISADVANTAGES

• Approximately half of the currently-assigned
  telephone numbers belonging to the estimated 1.5
  million population - including numerous
  businesses - in the 315 area code region would be
  required to adopt a new area code
• Businesses in the region with the new area code
  would have to change advertising and other
  information which contains their telephone number
  
• Thousands of wireless customers in the zone with
  the new area code would have to have their
  cellular phones and pagers reprogrammed to
  receive phone calls

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FEDERAL GUIDELINES TO BE MET

• Area Codes can not be technology or service
  specific
• Cell phones, pagers and modems cannot have a
  separate area code
• An area code cannot be designed solely for
  business or residential customers (or any
  customer class)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• A new area code will have no effect on your
  monthly telephone rates or your local call rates
• All currently assigned seven-digit telephone
  numbers will stay the same under either of the
  options
• An Administrative Law Judge has been assigned to
  receive all comments and present them to the
  Commission for their consideration

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• The Commission is expected to make a decision
  later this year
• The Commission will direct the telephone
  companies who provide local service in the region
  to educate its customers about the change and the
  new dialing patterns
• The North American Numbering Plan Administrator
  selects the new area code from the remaining
  supply

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NUMBER CONSERVATION MEASURES

• Allocating telephone numbers to carriers in
  blocks of 1,000 through use of number pooling
  rather than the prior practice of 10,000
• Continuing reclamation of unused 10,000 number
  codes and 1,000 number blocks

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WAYS TO COMMENT

• Toll-Free Opinion Line 1-800-335-2120
• Web Site www.AskPSC.com
• In Writing
• The Honorable Jaclyn Brilling
• Secretary to the Commission
• NYS Public Service Commission
• 3 Empire State Plaza
• Albany, New York 12223-1350
• Public Statement Hearings
• Comments should be received by May 23, 2008.
  Please include that your comments concern the 315
  area code proceeding.