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NYC may need new area code soon

A new report by the state Department of Public Service shows that New York City will need a new area code, and soon.

The report indicates that phone numbers for the 718 and 347 area codes, which include all boroughs but Manhattan, will run out by late 2011.

Officials must now decide whether to create a new area code for the four-borough group or whether to create an area code that...

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