[wahyinghung]

By: ctvbc.ca
Date: Thursday Jul. 28, 2011 9:27 AM PT

A new "236" area code is being introduced in British Columbia to combat the province's telephone number shortage.

The area code will apply to new telephone numbers assigned as of June 1, 2013, according to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission.

Existing customers will keep their current area codes and phone numbers.

Without a new area code, the Canadian Numbering Administrator has estimated that B.C. would run out of telephone numbers by August 2016.

The "604" area code was the only one available in the province until 1996, when "250" was introduced. Area code "778" and 10-digit dialing were introduced in 2001.

[Matlock]

Lol I already feel bad enough when people have a 778 number, now even more area codes
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[shenmecar]

I remember the good old days when you dialed just 7 numbers.

[Greenstoner]

wow , 10 years since 778 ? time does fly ... holy shit

[b0unce. [?]]

:fuckyea: 604 area code still

[Brianrietta]

I remember the good old days when you dialed just 7 numbers.

BUT back then you had to remember numbers. The only phone numbers I can recite from memory are ones that I knew from the pre-cell phone era and Panago.

[LSF22]

By: ctvbc.ca
Date: Thursday Jul. 28, 2011 9:27 AM PT

The "604" area code was the only one available in the province until 1996, when "250" was introduced. Area code "778" and 10-digit dialing were introduced in 2001.

That makes 4 area codes between 1996 - 2013

Imagine the next 30 years

[krazynuck]

That makes 4 area codes between 1996 - 2013

Imagine the next 30 years

to be fair nothing happened for the past 10 years (well 12 if you count the time it will take for the new number to be implemented)

[shenmecar]

BUT back then you had to remember numbers. The only phone numbers I can recite from memory are ones that I knew from the pre-cell phone era and Panago.

Haha, no you don't. Thats what the back of an old calender is for!

[hotjoint]

I used to be able to remember everyone's #

[604nguyen]

‪Ludacris - Area Codes (feat. Nate Dogg)‬‏ - YouTube

[TRDeol]

Man, 2013 so far away. But 236 is a lame ass area code. 604 yeye :fullofwin:

[tiger_handheld]

you know you are a real Vancouverite, when you look down on people who have area codes other than 604 :)

[Greenstoner]

thank god kept mine original at 604

[LsquareD]

I got a 778 number.. but my phone number is awesome ;)

[OTG-ZR2]

^ i got a 604 area code and i got to pick my number :fullofwin:

[MindBomber]

Remember when they first introduced 10 digit calling, you could dial 7 digits and they'd complete the call for you after playing a little message.
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[Bouncing Bettys]

10 digit dialing and the 778 area code are still relatively new to the interior. I think having to use an area code to dial locally started around 2008 or so. When I give my phone number for someone to enter into a database, I still get people who assume my area code is 250 and enter the 778 as the first 3 digits of the 7 digit phone number.

Not only do I remember having a 604 area code and having to dial 7 digits locally, I remember having to use a rotary phone which BCTel had issued my family when first moving to Kamloops.

Before Telus purchased BCTel the webpage address was mybc.com which still works to get you redirected to the telus homepage and I still use it to do so.

[MelonBoy]

^
haha funny how I still always type mybc instead of my telus.. lol

I actually always assumed 604 = home line and a 778 number is a cellular number XD..

[TheNewGirl]

^
haha funny how I still always type mybc instead of my telus.. lol

I actually always assumed 604 = home line and a 778 number is a cellular number XD..

Now with number porting I know a lot of people who have 778 land lines and 604 cell phones.

[Santofu]

WTF? How many people are living in BC anyways? There are like hundred of million of numbers with area code of 604, 778 and 250? And yet B.C. is getting another area code? That's just sad. I'm not getting that area code with my phone number that's for sure...

[twitchyzero]

wat..people have 778 landlines?

so I guess this new 236 wont be limited to mobile...and I guess it's across BC and not like 604/250 that are limited to local numbers?

Forgive me as I've never lived in another city in NA but how do they usually assign phone numbers outside of BC/Canada? I mean metropolitans with > 5M pop'n.

[CorneringArtist]

My home number is 604 (parent's house), but my cell is a 778. At my aunt's house in the States, they don't need their 425 area code to dial even though Seattle (206) is a half hour from where they live.

"236" doesn't really roll off the tongue like 604 or 778. It'd be kinda funny for 604-related clothes to get replaced with 778 once the new code comes into effect.

SIX OH FOH FOR LIFE

[Ikkaku]

so would that mean the individual with the 236 number be local, regardless of whether in the 604/250 area?

sooner or later, you're going to have to memorize which ones are local and which ones aren't :lol

[FN-2199]

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[RRxtar]

so would that mean the individual with the 236 number be local, regardless of whether in the 604/250 area?

sooner or later, you're going to have to memorize which ones are local and which ones aren't :lol
not all area code calling is local. 250 is all across BC other than the lower mainland. its only local calling from kelowna on mobile from revelstoke to osoyoos. and i think like peachland to winfield for landline (but im not sure if land line changed or not).

we have 778 numbers in kelowna here too.

i always thought when they introduced 778 they should have just split the province up like they did when they introduced 250.



ps: in kelowna I was SIX OH FOH FOR my childhood :okay:

[Alatar]

Home or cell, both my #s are 604. One of my brothers', as well as my parents' are 604 also. This 236 will certainly confuse me for quite a while, especially given Caller ID.

[anti_rice]

There's also a "backup" area code reserved for us in the future. it's going to be 672

you can blame drug dealers for all the phone numbers being taken. Everytime their phones get confiscated, they'll just go get a new number.

[CRX SiR]

I remember as a kid on the charlottes in my small town you only had to dial the last 4 numbers of a phone number to call in town. Then when it changed to 7, I didnt think I would be able to remember any of my friends numbers that I was trying to memorize. And it was a rotary phone too.

[Vansterdam]

i got hoeeeeeeeeeees

in different area codes

250 604 778 236 :troll:

[EvoFire]

It isn't really one number per person anymore. You guys are forgetting businesses. And then a lot of businesses have direct lines for each employee. I know people who have 4 or even 5 phone numbers that you can reach them directly at.

[Jegz]

I've got hoes (I've got hoes)
In different area codes (area) area codes (codes)

[Teriyaki]

I blame google. Those virtual numbers have got to be eating up numbers like crazy.

[superSandhu]

six oh fo

[XplicitLuder]

six oh four 4life!! cell number ftw haha, and everytime i get a call from a 236 ima prob think it's international and not wanna asnwer...

[TheKingdom2000]

236 just doesn't seem like a "nice" sounding area code.
but, i guess there aren't any left?

[asian_XL]

8 numbers > fucking annoying area code

[ZenZa]

8 numbers > fucking annoying area code

Is there any reason they don't use 8 number system instead of having so many area codes?

They can solve it by just having people with 604 area codes adding a 2 in front of their number, and 778 people adding a 3. Then they have so many more numbers available. Seems better than having area codes that aren't even really defined by area.

[AutozamAZ-3]

Is there any reason they don't use 8 number system instead of having so many area codes?

They can solve it by just having people with 604 area codes adding a 2 in front of their number, and 778 people adding a 3. Then they have so many more numbers available. Seems better than having area codes that aren't even really defined by area.

how will you be able to call vancouver from outside then?

[ZenZa]

how will you be able to call vancouver from outside then?

i mean, keep original 604 as an area code obviously

[Nocardia]

Yeah I think it is mainly business that tie up all the numbers

I have a home phone, cell phone, pager and work line...luckily all 604 :)

[Jayboogz]

You guys are a buncha whiners who cares if theirs a new area code? Its not like you dial numbers all the time... Most of your frequent calls to your friends n family or work are saved onto your cell. Its just the way its gonna be with a growing society. People have cellphones 's homephones work phones sometimes multiple for each.
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[goo3]

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[SpartanAir]

^What the hell is Ludacris doing looking for hoes in Nebraska??

[fliptuner]

I remember as a kid on the charlottes in my small town you only had to dial the last 4 numbers of a phone number to call in town. Then when it changed to 7, I didnt think I would be able to remember any of my friends numbers that I was trying to memorize. And it was a rotary phone too.

Remember getting annoyed when you had to call someone with a lot of 8s, 9s and zeros in their number?

[carisear]

Remember getting annoyed when you had to call someone with a lot of 8s, 9s and zeros in their number?

which was also kinda amusing how they chose 999 for emergency -- considering how LONG it took.

[RRxtar]

Remember getting annoyed when you had to call someone with a lot of 8s, 9s and zeros in their number?
just wouldnt be friends with them :D

[TekDragon]

WTF? How many people are living in BC anyways? There are like hundred of million of numbers with area code of 604, 778 and 250? And yet B.C. is getting another area code? That's just sad. I'm not getting that area code with my phone number that's for sure...

It's not just people. Businesses, who have multiple lines, add to the numbers here.

[Bouncing Bettys]

Remember getting annoyed when you had to call someone with a lot of 8s, 9s and zeros in their number?
the last 4 digits of my phone number growing up were 0897 :alone: