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Encyclopedia > Area code 947

Area code 947 is the telephone area code serving eastrn Michigan. It covers Troy, Oakland County, Pontiac, Southfield, Rochester Hills and northwestern Detroit suburbs. The telephone or phone (Greek: tele = far away and phone = voice) is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly voice and speech) across distance. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Walls of the excavated city of Troy Troy (Ancient Greek Τροία Troia, also Ίλιον Ilion; Latin: Troia, Ilium) is a legendary city, center of the Trojan War, described in the Trojan War cycle, especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. ... Oakland County is a county located in the state of Michigan. ... Pontiac is a city located in Oakland County, Michigan. ... Southfield is a city located in Oakland County, Michigan. ... Rochester Hills is a city located in Oakland County, Michigan. ...


It overlays with Area code 248. This is the area code for Oakland County, Michigan. ...


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The Federal Communications Commission is preparing a 947 area code on new phone lines in Oakland County on top of the present 248 area code, citing a scarcity of available phone numbers.
So in the case of the family I cited, there would be two different area codes in the same household -- the new 947 area code for the children upstairs and the old 248 area code for mom and dad downstairs.
They would be forced to use the 947 area code as the result of new phone lines added, while their colleagues just across the hall would go on using the existing 248 area code.
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