Know the code? L.A. County has 8 area codes and counting, but it's business as usual

Know the code? L.A. County has 8 area codes and counting, but it's business as usual - California

L.A. county has 8 area codes and counting, but it's business as usual

Not so long ago, the only area code that L.A. area businesses had to remember was 213. Now, it seems that every time they look up, there's a new number.

Already, L.A. County has eight area codes: 213, 310, 818, 805, 626, 562, 760 and 909.

In June, what's left of the once-mighty 213 area code is being split into 213 and 323; essentially, 213 will be a donut hole tinged by 323.

And a proposal next month will recommend a new area code be carved out of 310, which has gained a cachet as the code for Westsiders.

But where once L.A. area businesses greeted an area code change with a chores of protest, many now view it as less of a cost and stigma, accepting the multiplicity of numbers as the price of telecommunications technology.

The explosion has been caused by a dramatic increase in the number of devices requiring new phone numbers, such as faxes, cellular phones, pagers and modems.(Continue Reading)

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