Can you hear me now? Here comes 747
Look out 818, here comes the 747.
The telephone area code that has defined the San Fernando Valley for two decades is running out, and a new one may be approved as early as next week. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.
A recent judicial decision recommended that the 747 area code be assigned only to new telephone lines in the Valley, rather than forcing half the area's residents to switch their existing numbers.
But that option also means that Valley residents would always be required to dial the full number, 10 digits with the area code, even when calling a neighbor in the same 818 zone.