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In reply to the discussion: Do Phone Number "Area Codes" Actually Matter Anymore? [View all]dballance
(5,756 posts)I'm familiar with NPA-NXX. I am a computer, networking and telecom geek All that used to be really important when we were negotiating contracts with our long-distance carriers. Remember Wil-Tell? "Glass Encased in Steel" was their tag line I think. Because they ran fiber through a bunch of existing oil pipelines.
Given how so many cell phones have the ability to be located by GPS now and how so many websites or apps on my iPhone want to use that information to locate me it seems 9-11 services should be adapting to do the same now if they aren't already. I haven't kept up on that front so I am certainly out of date on what's happening in that area.
I'll have to do the search on "selective router 911." I'm going to bet it tells me how my 9-11 call is routed to a local emergency response organization based on where I am rather than to the emergency organization in my "home" area-code. That's because there are a lot of people who are much smarter than me and have already tackled this issue.