Area code 954 went into service on September 11, 1995, in a split of area code 305, which was the original and sole area code for Florida in 1947, when AT&T created the first nationwide telephone numbering plan.[1] By 1995, Broward County had used 305 for 48 years, and numerous splits over the years had made area code 305 more or less coextensive with the Miami–Fort Lauderdale area. This split was intended as a long-term solution, but within five years 954 was already close to exhaustion due to South Florida's explosive growth and the proliferation of auxiliary devices, such as cell phones, pagers, and fax machines.
In November 2000, the Florida Public Service Commission approved the use of an overlay area code to service Broward County, after a telecommunications industry group sought alternatives to relieve the strain on the county. It was projected that 954 was to be exhausted by the third quarter of 2002. The North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA) announced on December 4, 2000, an area code overlay plan for relief, assigning area code 754 to the same territory in Broward County.[2] The area code was activated on August 1, 2001[3] and began use on April 1, 2002.[4] As the overlay plan required, ten-digit dialing became mandatory in Broward. As 954 exchanges are exhausted, new numbers use area code 754.
area, codes, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2014, le. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Area codes 954 and 754 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Area codes 954 and 754 are the telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan NANP for Broward County Florida Notable cities in the numbering plan area are Fort Lauderdale Plantation Hollywood Parkland Sunrise Pompano Beach Coral Springs Deerfield Beach Davie Weston Dania Beach Oakland Park and Pembroke Pines Area code 954 went into service on September 11 1995 in a split of area code 305 which was the original and sole area code for Florida in 1947 when AT amp T created the first nationwide telephone numbering plan 1 By 1995 Broward County had used 305 for 48 years and numerous splits over the years had made area code 305 more or less coextensive with the Miami Fort Lauderdale area This split was intended as a long term solution but within five years 954 was already close to exhaustion due to South Florida s explosive growth and the proliferation of auxiliary devices such as cell phones pagers and fax machines In November 2000 the Florida Public Service Commission approved the use of an overlay area code to service Broward County after a telecommunications industry group sought alternatives to relieve the strain on the county It was projected that 954 was to be exhausted by the third quarter of 2002 The North American Numbering Plan Administration NANPA announced on December 4 2000 an area code overlay plan for relief assigning area code 754 to the same territory in Broward County 2 The area code was activated on August 1 2001 3 and began use on April 1 2002 4 As the overlay plan required ten digit dialing became mandatory in Broward As 954 exchanges are exhausted new numbers use area code 754 See also Edit Telephones portalList of Florida area codes List of NANP area codesReferences Edit Whitefield Mimi Fields Gregg September 3 1995 A New Ring The Miami Herard p 1B 2B Area Code Relief Planned for Southeast Florida North American Numbering Plan Administration 2000 12 04 Archived from the original on 7 January 2007 Retrieved 2007 01 08 North American Numbering Plan Administration NANPA 2001 08 04 NPA 754 To Overlay NPA 954 Southeast Florida PDF Retrieved 2007 01 08 Ostrow Nicole 2002 03 26 No Joke 10 Digit Dialing at Hand Sun Sentinel p Local 1A Retrieved 2007 01 08 External links EditNANPA area code map of Florida List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload com 754 Area Code List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload com 954 Area CodeFlorida area codes 239 305 786 321 352 386 407 689 561 727 772 813 850 448 863 904 941 954 754 North 561West 239 863 area code 754 954 East 242 Atlantic OceanSouth 305 786Bahamas area codes 242 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Area codes 954 and 754 amp oldid 1148996156, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
