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Happy 313 day

Post by Robert Faygo » Sun Mar 13, 2022 11:29 am

Back in 1947 when they first came up with the plan to be able to allow direct dialing without an operator across the US and Canada, Detroit had a lot more clout than it does today. SE Michigan received the 4th easiest area code to dial on a rotary phone, behind NYC (212), LA (213), and Chicago (312) and arguably the second easiest to remember / not get confused with another behind 212.

Personally, I like tomorrow better. I mean, who doesn't like pie?


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Re: Happy 313 day

Post by MotorCityRadioFreak » Sun Mar 13, 2022 5:03 pm

Robert Faygo wrote:
Sun Mar 13, 2022 11:29 am
Back in 1947 when they first came up with the plan to be able to allow direct dialing without an operator across the US and Canada, Detroit had a lot more clout than it does today. SE Michigan received the 4th easiest area code to dial on a rotary phone, behind NYC (212), LA (213), and Chicago (312) and arguably the second easiest to remember / not get confused with another behind 212.

Personally, I like tomorrow better. I mean, who doesn't like pie?
Except for the fact that I am getting flooded in my inbox with stupid promos about $3.14 off the regular price for our expensive pizza. LOL.
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Re: Happy 313 day

Post by matt1 » Mon Mar 14, 2022 12:05 am

Also Genesee County Area Code was (313) back then.

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Re: Happy 313 day

Post by MotorCityRadioFreak » Mon Mar 14, 2022 12:13 am

My dad worked for Michigan Bell/Ameritech, and I remember when they had an open house introducing the (8I0) area code as well as (248). I want to say that was 1990.

Edit: Check that, it was 1993 for (810) and 97 for (248).
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