Manhattan to get new 332 area code in 2017 [telecom]

NBC4-NY reported that the New York State Public Service Commission announced Tuesday that the new area code is needed to meet New York City's growing population and a thriving telecommunications market, which have increased demand for residential and business phone numbers in Manhattan.

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Many, many years ago New Yorkers could dial seven digits to reach not only anywhere within New York City, but also neighboring New Jersey, Westchester, and Nassau counties.

(Some calls required eight digits: some exchanges had eight digit numbers, such as HO 5-10232, and party line subscribers had a letter suffix which was dialed. For dialed calls into a manual exchange, the eight digits showed up on the operator's display screen.)

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Posted 5 years ago by HAncock4 in General Telecommunications Forum

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