In the NANP, area code 706 covers all of northern Georgia outside of metro Atlanta. Until 1992 it was within area code 404, which was retained by the metro area. The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a system for three-digit area codes that direct telephone calls to particular regions on a public switched telephone network (PSTN), where they are further routed by the local network. ... 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. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Area code 404 covers Atlanta and its immediate neighbors, roughly within Interstate 285. ...

This area code is split into two disconnected sections. The small section is west-central Georgia, in the region around Columbus. This is bordered by area code 334 to the west in Alabama, area code 478 to the east, area code 229 to the south, and metro Atlanta's 404, 678, 770, and future 470. It does not touch the landline area of 404, only the cellphone area. Columbus is a city located in Muscogee County, Georgia. ... Area code 334 was created on January 15, 1995 as a split from area code 205. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 30th 52,423 sq mi  135,775 km² 190 miles  306 km 330 miles  531 km 3. ... 678 is a telephone area code assigned to metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia and its suburbs and exurbs. ... 770 is a telephone area code assigned to metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia and its suburbs and exurbs. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with fixed phone. ... Cellular redirects here. ...

The major section of 706 wraps around from Rome in northwest Georgia, east through the mountains past Dahlonega, meeting its narrowest point at Toccoa, then broadening south to Athens and Augusta. It touches Alabama's area code 256 on the far west, Tennessee's area code 423 on the northwest, North Carolina's area code 828 on the north-northeast, upstate South Carolina's area code 864 and mid-state area code 803, middle Georgia's 478 and metro Atlanta as above. Rome is the largest city in and county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. ... Dahlonega is a town located in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA, and is its county seat6. ... Toccoa is a city located in Stephens County, Georgia. ... Athens or Athens-Clarke County is a city located in Clarke County, Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, just off of Georgia 316. ... Nickname: The Garden City (of the South), Masters City Motto: We Feel Good Official website: www. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 36th 109,247 km² 195 km 710 km 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 28th 139,509 km² 805 km 240 km 9. ... The upstate refers to the northwestern portion of at least three U.S. states, furthest inland and away from the Atlantic Ocean: Upstate New York, the whole state besides the five boroughs of New York City, which is correspondingly called downstate South Carolina, in the foothills Maine, opposite down-east... Official language(s) English Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 40th 82,965 km² 320 km 420 km 6 32°430N to 35°12N 78°030W to 83°20W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 26th 4,012...

In June 2005, the Georgia Public Service Commission announced that 706 is near exhaust for new telephone exchange prefixes, and would be overlaid by a new area code. On June 24th, the NANPA assigned area code 762 for this purpose, with 10-digit dialing to be allowed on September 3, and to be required on April 1 of 2006. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in June June 27: Shelby Foote June 27: John T. Walton June 26: Richard Whiteley June 25: John Fiedler June 25: Chet Helms June 24: Paul Winchell June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin June 20: Jack Kilby... In the field of telecommunications, a telephone exchange (US: telephone switch) is a piece of equipment that connects phone calls. ... In linguistics, a prefix is a type of affix that precedes the morphemes to which it can attach. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... NANPA can mean: the North American Numbering Plan Administrator [1] the North American Nature Photography Association [2] Nanpa also refers to the Japanese renai games of Dokyusei ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

This is the third time that the GPSC has flip-flopped on its policy for deciding how new area codes would be assigned. Metro Atlanta's suburbs were split into 770, but then both 404 and 770 were overlaid with 678, and cellphones (originally 404 only) can now have any of those no matter where in the metro area. Southern Georgia was then split three ways instead of an overlay. Surprisingly, this area code which is already physically split will then go back to an overlay, though there is still time for the PSC to correct this, possibly assigning the Columbus area to the new code, then splitting the remainder at Toccoa at another time. A policy is a plan of action for tackling issues. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

See also

• List of North American area codes

This is a list of North American telephone area codes in effect for the North American Numbering Plan. ...

External link

• AreaCode-Info.com