Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
302 West Washington Street,
Room 306
Indianapolis Indiana 46204
317.232.2297 office
317.233.1982 fax
Today
the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved an order that modifies the
boundaries of the 219 area code split, and establishes a date for permissive
dialing in the 219 area code to begin.
In
Cause No. 41535, the Commissioners set January 15, 2002 as the effective date
for permissive dialing to be in place for the 219 area code. During this time both the new area code and
the old area code will work. After the
permissive dialing period ends, the new area code must be used for all calls.
Also
the Commissioners amended the boundaries for the new area codes it set in its
June 14th order. Rolling
Prairie, La Porte, Westville, Union Mills and Hanna were moved from the 574
area code to the 219 area code.
Ligonier and Cromwell were moved from the 574 area code into the 260
area code.
The
Commission considered community input, rate center distribution, unique
demographics, population density and geographic identity in making the
decisions to modify the boundaries.
Calls
that were local before the area code split will remain local.
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