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Originally Posted by jmt18325
The problem is, how do you geographically split the province? With so much of the population in Winnipeg and probably most of the Cell phones, dividing it from the rest of the province might not last long. I suppose they could always split Winnipeg later though.
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Say they do geographically split it that one region is Winnipeg, and the other region is 'everywhere else' in MB.
All of the current phone numbers outside of the city would be 'freed-up,' as those numbers would now have a different area code. They can then issue those numbers as new Winnipeg numbers when the need arises.
Say some farmer from around Winkler has a home phone number of 204-555-1234, when the change happens, his number becomes ###-555-1234 ("###" is the new area code). Meanwhile, 204-555-1234 is now free.
Of course, they'll probably not issue that number for a few years so the farmer can tell his contacts his new number, etc.
Every current number outside of the city could be issued within the city, eventually, under a geo split (I assume).
One area code for a city Winnipeg's size should be more than enough, I'm assuming. My quick google search tells me that an area code would have roughly eight million phone numbers.
Oh yeah... I'd rather Wpg gets to keep the 204, and outside of the city... they can get the funky new area code. Less people current phone numbers would be affected that way, I'm sure.