Area code 404 covers Atlanta and its immediate neighbors, roughly within Interstate 285. This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Interstate 285 (abbreviated I-285) is a beltway interstate highway encircling Atlanta, Georgia, for 63. ...

Originally, it covered all of Georgia when the area code system was first created in the 1940s. Area code 912 was later assigned to southern and much of central Georgia. That long-standing relationship came to an end around 1992 when northern Georgia beyond metro Atlanta was pushed into area code 706. Residents of exurban areas complained about no longer being identified with 404, and BellSouth brought them back in, also adding them to what was already (and still is) the world's largest toll-free calling zone. A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Area code 912 is the telephone area code serving the state of Georgia. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... According to the 2000 census, the 28-county Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area has a population of 4,247,981 making it the eleventh largest metropolitan area in the United States. ... In the NANP, area code 706 covers all of northern Georgia outside of metro Atlanta. ... Commuters waiting for the morning train in Maplewood, New Jersey to travel to New York City A commuter town, is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commute to a nearby metropolis to earn their livelihood. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

This, however, hastened the addition of another area code to metro Atlanta, forcing all of its suburbs and exurbs into area code 770 in 1995, but leaving all cellphones in 404. In 1998, area code 678 was overlaid onto all of both 404 and 770, and the FCC then forced 10-digit dialing for every call. Because the FCC would not allow an area code to apply only to cellphones, this also threw open the doors to new mobile numbers also having 678 or 770 instead of just 404. Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... 770 is a telephone area code assigned to [Central alabama]], Georgia and its suburbs and exurbs. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Cellular redirects here. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... 678 is a telephone area code assigned to metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia and its suburbs and exurbs. ... The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency, created, directed, and empowered by Congressional statute. ...

The next area code to overlay the area is planned to be 470. Area code 470 is a future telephone area code serving the state of Georgia. ...

See also

• List of North American area codes

An area code is officially known as a Numbering Plan Area (NPA). ...

External link

• AreaCode-Info.com