The blog hasn't been updated in quite a while... I've been busy with my return to residency and some of my professors have banned me from "wasting" time on the computer...
However, I've been consuming time on the phone instead and recently I again signed up for a VOIP (Voice Over IP) account through VONAGE. I had the option to choose an area code for my new number and since I'm orginially from the NYC area, I just had to have a 212 number... and that got me thinking about area codes...
Tanuja Kulkarni helped me out with this one... besides sending me the link above containing the history of area codes in the US and Canada, she gave me this "fun-fact:"
All of the original area codes had either a 1 or 0 as the second digit and were based on the rotary phones in use at the time. The area codes were assigned to areas and the numbers chosen based on population. New York City had the largest population and the shortest area code. 2-1-2 required one of the shortest number of pulses on a rotary phone. On the other hand Alaska had the smallest population and the longest area coded, 9-0-7. There are more facts about area codes through the link above...
