747 area code in holding pattern

Did we get a wrong number? Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.
San Fernando Valley residents might wonder what happened to the 747 area code, which was created amid fanfare and grumbling last spring to serve new telephone customers in the crowded 818 area.

Officially, the 747s could have been handed out beginning May 18, a month after preparations for the so-called area-code "overlay" forced Valley phone users to dial "1-818" even for calls from one 818 number to another.