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Originally Posted by ken0042
The solution should have been to give Calgary its own code, Edmonton its own, and then the new code for the rest of Alberta. But somebody thought this was going to be better than making people in Northern Alberta change area codes twice in 10 years.
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No, the solution would have been to implement 10 digit dialing INSTEAD of doing the NPA split in the first place.
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Originally Posted by ken0042
But flash forward to Alberta in a few years. We will have to remember the entire 10 digit number, because it will no longer be an area code, because the first 3 digits will have nothing to do with the geographical area. Then a few years after that when we run out again, instead of splitting Calgary into 2 area codes based on quadrants (or something) we will get yet another area code good for all of Alberta.
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NPA splits are NOT the answer.
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Originally Posted by ken0042
Give cells all a new area code is a great idea; also splitting up Calgary into 2 codes now is also a great plan. Make everybody switch once and be done with it.
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And NEITHER of those ideas aleviates 10 digit dialing Ken.
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Originally Posted by ken0042
I guess for me it is like taking off a band-aid. I would rather one quick busrt of pain vs spending the next 20 years always slowly peeling it off.
And was it really that big of a deal when Northern Alberta switched to 780? All my suggestions would do is make everybody have to switch once in their lives, Norther Alberta would be twice. Then it would not be an issue. But as it stands, this is going to be an issue for some forever....
And the funny thing is each and every time somebody is out of pocket for this changeover, the phone company will make a profit.
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10 digit dialing IS the ripping off of the bandaid. EVERY other scenario is simply peeling it off slowly and painfully. Period. End of story.
As for if it was a big deal to switch Northern Alberta over? Holy crap was it ever!! Every business required new signage, business cards, website updates, etc. Every conceivable place their phone number was listed in any database or any physical location required a change. The telcos had to pay cell phone dealers to reprogram every cell phone involved (including things like alarms systems where telemetry does require a phone number). Systems had to be designed to allow BOTH numbers to work for a period of time. It was butt ugly, and the telcos learned from massive amounts of negative customer feedback that the next NPA implementation would NOT involve a split.
What you are suggesting means doing that again.... and again... and again over time. Never solving the problem. Hell, at some point, expect 13 digit dialing!
Sorry Ken, I just don't agree with your perspective on this.