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This was intended as a long-term solution, but within three years 617 was close to exhaustion once again due to the demand for more phone lines for auxiliary devices (mobile phones, fax machines, pagers, and BBS lines). On May 2, 2001,
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201, 204, 205, 207, 221, 222, 238, 241, 254, 257, 272, 277, 284, 288, 294, 319, 334, 350, 355, 362, 366, 383, 413, 445, 449, 453, 472, 488, 654, 753, 869, 891, 931, 991, 996
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Some mobile telephone numbers from the 1990s assigned to communities in the area surrounding 617 (which is now the 781 area code) kept the 617 area code after the split.
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The numbering plan area 617/857 includes portions of the following counties:
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188:. Since then, 10-digit local dialing has been mandatory.
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138:. The rest of the state, roughly everything from
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1109:Telecommunications-related introductions in 1947
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980:"Area Code, Exchange, Telco, Switch info in 617"
830:Operational Services Brief: 311 in Massachusetts
723:List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
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636:Alliance for Information and Referral Systems
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207:was split from 617 on September 1, 1997.
755:"Area Code 617/857 map and data profile"
122:(AT&T) devised the first nationwide
120:American Telephone and Telegraph Company
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807:. areacodedownload.com. Archived from
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956:Area Code 617 Demographic Information
890:NANPA area code map of Massachusetts
197:was split from 617 on July 16, 1988.
1094:2001 establishments in Massachusetts
1089:1947 establishments in Massachusetts
944:"Area Code 617 map and data profile"
901:NANP Administrator (July 2, 1987).
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718:List of Massachusetts area codes
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313:Central office codes by location
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142:westward, was served by
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672:: unused (on landlines)
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942:Staff writer (2023) .
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48:Area codes 617 and 857
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