Area Codes

* The loss of business due to new area code changes must be enormous--this system of changing these codes is disruptive and fatal for some businesses. Customers cannot locate their party after they are told by a telephone voice, “Sorry, your call cannot be completed as dialed.” It’s a little late to change this system, but not too late to start a new way of adding telephone numbers.

For example, adding one digit to the present 10 numbers would augment the system with 99,999,999 new numbers for each present area code, thereby assuring enough numbers until the 22nd century.

JOEL KAYE

Sherman Oaks

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One way to alleviate the burden of dialing 1-310 from a 310 area code phone is to put “1-310” on a memory button. This way you only have to push one button before dialing a local phone number.

LIZ BENNETT

Los Angeles