The Future of 315: What's Your Opinion?
New York's utility regulator, the Public Service Commission, is considering a plan to change the current 315 Area Code region, splitting the region in two or creating an "overlay" code that would be assigned to new phones and digital devices. The PSC says the change is needed due to our increasing use of mobile phones and digital devices that threatens to exhaust the supply of 8 million available numbers in the 315 area by 2017.

It's the fifth time since 1999 that the PSC has warned of the imminent depletion of available phone numbers. Two years ago, Senator Ritchie urged the PSC to scrap the new area code plan, calling it an expensive inconvenience that's unnecessary since there are still hundreds of thousands of unused numbers available in the region.

What do you think? Would you support a new area code that splits the region in two parts, with different area codes for each so that, for example, Watertown and Syracuse would have different area codes?

Or would you prefer the overlay option, like that in use in New York City, where next-door neighbors--or your home and mobile phones--could each have different area codes, and calling any number in the region would require you to dial 10 or 11 digits, including area code?

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Do you think the region now covered by the 315 Area Code should have a new area code? *
If a new area code is required which would you prefer?
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If the split were made by county, would you want your county assigned the new code, or to stay with 315 number?
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In which county do you live?
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Creation of a completely new area code would allow enough available numbers for 12 phones for every man, woman and child in the existing 315 region. How many phones and numbers do you have in your household right now?
Are you concerned that creating a new area code will create any inconvenience for you or your family or business?
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Do you think that creating a new area code will impose additional costs on local businesses?
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