- Date
- 1994-11-01
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationtechnologyinfrastructureeconomy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Island Telephone announced that, beginning November 1, 1994, long-distance calls would require dialing the area code in addition to the telephone number.
Evidence limits
This is a contemporaneous service notice, not a switching plan, tariff, or network-implementation record.
Sources
- Explains that beginning November 1, 1994, long-distance calls would require the area code even within the same area-code region, while local calls would remain unchanged. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1994-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the dialing-change notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1994-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Island Telephone announces expanded area-code dialing for long-distance calls in November 1994”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-area-code-dialing-change-1994/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1994, “North America Running Out of Phone Numbers.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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