I’ve been busy this fall, making substantial #accessibility improvements to my website, LincMad.com, particularly for #ScreenReader users.

I would love feedback from screen reader users: what you liked, didn’t like, etc.

#telnum #telecom #a11y #aria #LincMad

#TelNum news: Today, British Columbia adds overlay #AreaCode 257, bringing the province to 6 area codes.

That’s too many. It’s unsustainable. Canada is using far more than its fair share, clinging to outdated 20th-century policies that waste numbers by the tens of thousands.

Number pooling NOW!

#AreaCode news today (2025-03-26):

1. California now has 41 area codes, up from 39 two months ago

2. date announced for 465 overlay on 718 & 347 & 929 & (part of) 917 = NYC: Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Isl, plus Marble Hill/Manhattan (2026-06-18)

IS IT A COINCIDENCE?
(Yes, it is)

#telnum

Another bit of #AreaCode news: eastern #Québec’s 418 & 581 & 367 (Québec City, Gaspé Peninsula) will add 273 in just under two years (2027-02-27), becoming the province’s first quadruple overlay.

* new code and effective date proposed, pending regulatory approval

#telnum

As of today (2/24/25), all calls in northern #Louisiana’s #AreaCode 318 can be dialed with the area code, in preparation for September’s 318 & 457 overlay.

You have 6 months to get used to 10-digit dialing, mandatory as of 8/25/25.

#telnum

Today, #California officially activates its FORTIETH telephone #AreaCode, 837 overlaying 530 in northeastern California (Davis, Tahoe, Redding, Chico, Lassen, etc)

… but #41 is coming to Fresno in less than two months.

#telnum

Listing of the 11 available telephone number prefixes in area code 530 in northeastern California

JUST IN TIME!

California is adding an overlay to #telnum #AreaCode 530 later this week, not a moment too soon. Out of nearly 800 possible prefixes, they’re down to just 11 available.

NYC is getting rid of these area codes The state says there's a need for more telephone numbers due to population growth in the New York City metro area.

Coming up this week in #TelNum news: NE #California (Redding, Davis, Truckee, Lassen) #AreaCode 530 gets 837 overlay.

#NYC boroughs prepare for yet another overlay code (details TBA). #Fox5NY had the misleading headline “NYC is getting rid of these area codes” 🙈🤥 fox5ny.com/news/new-area-code

As of today, #Houston officially has 5 #AreaCodes (713, 281, 832, 346, and 621)— but you won’t see any 621 numbers just yet (other than the test number 621-621-1621), because there are still more than a hundred unused prefixes in 346.

The only other quintuplets are Atlanta, Alberta & BC.
#telnum

A bit of meaningless nerd trivia for you…

If you look at a list of new North American (country code +1) area codes that have been announced but not yet taken effect, and sort them numerically, the first three entries are

257
357
457

#telnum #NANPA #NPA

#Telnum The state of #Maine207 just consolidated 135 rate centers into 1, in a move to postpone the dreaded #AreaCodeOverlay. Those 135 run from the southwest tip to the northeast tip, including most major cities and towns (Bangor, Augusta, Portland, and many more)
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