{"id":1100,"date":"2007-01-11T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-11T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2007-01-11T11:43:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-11T11:43:00","slug":"western-phone-numbers-running-on-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1100","title":{"rendered":"Western phone numbers: running on empty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhgoldberg.com\/blog\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" alt=\"CRTC\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crtc.gc.ca\/images\/welcome.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"218\" \/><\/a>The CRTC has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crtc.gc.ca\/eng\/NEWS\/RELEASES\/2007\/r070111.htm\">launched public processes<\/a> to look at ways to deal with impending shortages of phone numbers in Alberta and British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>At the current rate, area code 250 (BC) will exhaust in a year. Alberta&#8217;s area codes,  403 and 780, will exhaust in late 2009 and 2010 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Public Notice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crtc.gc.ca\/archive\/ENG\/Notices\/2007\/pt2007-1.htm\">2007-1<\/a> looks at Number Planning Area (NPA) options for Alberta and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crtc.gc.ca\/archive\/ENG\/Notices\/2007\/pt2007-2.htm\">PN 2007-2<\/a> looks at options for BC.<\/p>\n<p>Advancing NPA exhaust is one of those signs of a booming economy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:78%;\">Technorati Tags:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/CRTC\" rel=\"tag\">CRTC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Alberta\" rel=\"tag\">Alberta<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/BC\" rel=\"tag\">BC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/area+code\" rel=\"tag\">area code<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/NPA\" rel=\"tag\">NPA<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CRTC has launched public processes to look at ways to deal with impending shortages of phone numbers in Alberta and British Columbia. At the current rate, area code 250 (BC) will exhaust in a year. Alberta&#8217;s area codes, 403 and 780, will exhaust in late 2009 and 2010 respectively. 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