Comments on: New 448 Area Code Coming To The 850. Here’s When It Happens. http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/schedule-announced-to-roll-out-new-area-code-in-the-850 Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:41:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bryan Bethea http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/schedule-announced-to-roll-out-new-area-code-in-the-850/comment-page-1#comment-405523 Bryan Bethea Fri, 17 Jan 2020 01:32:55 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=387819#comment-405523 Here are the simple, basic facts: - All existing 850 numbers will remain as 850 numbers. - Dialing the area code + number will be required for local calls. This shouldn't be a challenge for cell phone users or Frontier customers in Walnut Hill and Molino. 10 digit dialing has been required there for a while now. - Local calls will remain local calls, even if you are calling a 448 number. - It will be quite a while before you start seeing 448 numbers pop up. All 850 prefixes have to be used up before 448 can be assigned to anyone. - Overlays are very common. Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Orlando all have overlays today while Tampa and Jacksonville will join the overlay club in 2022 after 850 does. Where I live in Chicago we have 312, 773, and 872 all mixed in together. - There are currently 95 other overlay area codes across the US. People in those areas have adjusted just fine. Here are the simple, basic facts:

- All existing 850 numbers will remain as 850 numbers.

- Dialing the area code + number will be required for local calls. This shouldn’t be a challenge for cell phone users or Frontier customers in Walnut Hill and Molino. 10 digit dialing has been required there for a while now.

- Local calls will remain local calls, even if you are calling a 448 number.

- It will be quite a while before you start seeing 448 numbers pop up. All 850 prefixes have to be used up before 448 can be assigned to anyone.

- Overlays are very common. Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Orlando all have overlays today while Tampa and Jacksonville will join the overlay club in 2022 after 850 does. Where I live in Chicago we have 312, 773, and 872 all mixed in together.

- There are currently 95 other overlay area codes across the US. People in those areas have adjusted just fine.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/schedule-announced-to-roll-out-new-area-code-in-the-850/comment-page-1#comment-405458 Charlie Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:00:31 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=387819#comment-405458 @James---How so twice as many scam calls? You will have only one area code for your phone, not two. Only new accounts will have the new area code, & only in the future, when all 850 area codes have been used up. @James—How so twice as many scam calls? You will have only one area code for your phone, not two. Only new accounts will have the new area code, & only in the future, when all 850 area codes have been used up.

]]> By: James http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/schedule-announced-to-roll-out-new-area-code-in-the-850/comment-page-1#comment-405409 James Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:19:41 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=387819#comment-405409 Great, now we will get twice the number of telemarketers and scam calls Great, now we will get twice the number of telemarketers and scam calls

]]> By: gODSlOVE4eVER http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/schedule-announced-to-roll-out-new-area-code-in-the-850/comment-page-1#comment-405401 gODSlOVE4eVER Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:09:03 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=387819#comment-405401 I've learned two things reading this thread: 1. People are REALLY protective of their area codes. 2. People REALLY don't want to have to add a 1 at the beginning of a phone number. I’ve learned two things reading this thread:

1. People are REALLY protective of their area codes.
2. People REALLY don’t want to have to add a 1 at the beginning of a phone number.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/schedule-announced-to-roll-out-new-area-code-in-the-850/comment-page-1#comment-405359 Charlie Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:24:01 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=387819#comment-405359 @JUST ME---I don't think you have to dial a "1" in front of the area code (11 total numbers), unless specified by a number that might ask you to do so, usually company toll free numbers. I don't on my cell phone. My contact list already has the 850 manually added in when I add a new number. I see that some comments do not seem to understand the above story detailed explanations. Read it again slowly, to understand the explained details. Part of the reason for a new area code, is the huge increase in cell phones needing new numbers for each new cell phone service. Seems like everyone has a cell phone now, & each new customer needs a new number. As explained clearly above, existing customers get to keep the 850 area code. Only new customers will need the new 448 area code, when they eventually run out of available 850 numbers. Atlanta had to do that years ago. @JUST ME—I don’t think you have to dial a “1″ in front of the area code (11 total numbers), unless specified by a number that might ask you to do so, usually company toll free numbers. I don’t on my cell phone. My contact list already has the 850 manually added in when I add a new number. I see that some comments do not seem to understand the above story detailed explanations. Read it again slowly, to understand the explained details. Part of the reason for a new area code, is the huge increase in cell phones needing new numbers for each new cell phone service. Seems like everyone has a cell phone now, & each new customer needs a new number. As explained clearly above, existing customers get to keep the 850 area code. Only new customers will need the new 448 area code, when they eventually run out of available 850 numbers. Atlanta had to do that years ago.

]]> By: retired http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/schedule-announced-to-roll-out-new-area-code-in-the-850/comment-page-1#comment-405353 retired Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:00:06 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=387819#comment-405353 @ Greg they use a program to show a "GHOST" number, on callerID. @ just me I don't have that problem? @ Greg
they use a program to show a “GHOST” number, on callerID.

@ just me
I don’t have that problem?

]]> By: Alexis Bolin http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/schedule-announced-to-roll-out-new-area-code-in-the-850/comment-page-1#comment-405333 Alexis Bolin Mon, 13 Jan 2020 05:03:27 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=387819#comment-405333 If you read through to the end, the article said if you already gave an 850 area code you won’t have to change. But with the new 448 area code you will have to dial all 10 digits. This is going on in other market places and appears to be working well. I’m so happy that we don’t all have to change to the new area code because it would be very costly for businesses like mine, I am a Realtor, who Would have to spend a lot of money to change all of their marketing pieces there’s signs, stationary et Cetera If you read through to the end, the article said if you already gave an 850 area code you won’t have to change. But with the new 448 area code you will have to dial all 10 digits. This is going on in other market places and appears to be working well.

I’m so happy that we don’t all have to change to the new area code because it would be very costly for businesses like mine, I am a Realtor, who Would have to spend a lot of money to change all of their marketing pieces there’s signs, stationary et Cetera

]]> By: Greg http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/schedule-announced-to-roll-out-new-area-code-in-the-850/comment-page-1#comment-405327 Greg Sun, 12 Jan 2020 23:05:19 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=387819#comment-405327 Every scam and sales call I get is on a different 850 number. How do they get all these numbers and is that part of the problem? Every scam and sales call I get is on a different 850 number. How do they get all these numbers and is that part of the problem?

]]> By: Mark http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/schedule-announced-to-roll-out-new-area-code-in-the-850/comment-page-1#comment-405326 Mark Sun, 12 Jan 2020 22:27:50 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=387819#comment-405326 @Chuck Minnich, if there are two area codes covering the same geographical area, how would it know which area code to use? @Chuck Minnich, if there are two area codes covering the same geographical area, how would it know which area code to use?

]]> By: JUST ME http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/schedule-announced-to-roll-out-new-area-code-in-the-850/comment-page-1#comment-405319 JUST ME Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:03:55 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=387819#comment-405319 I have Verizon on my cell and it is already forcing me to dial the 1+850 even on local calls if I don't I get a recording out of service I have Verizon on my cell and it is already forcing me to dial the 1+850 even on local calls if I don’t I get a recording out of service

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