Do you know how area codes were assigned? Do you know why New York got 212 and the Greater Toronto area 905? In the days of the rotary dial, New York was considered an "important" city and can be quickly dialled. 2 - 1 - 2. But the surrounding area of Toronto was considered unimportant and were given 9 - 0 - 5. Nine takes a long time to dial, and the zero takes an even longer time.

To calculate the imporance of your area, add the three digits in your area code. If you have a 0 in your area code, add 10. The person with the lowest answer lives in the most important part. :D (Of course, these days it isn't done like that anymore, but this is kinda fun...)


My home phone number's area code is 905. That = 24.

My cell phone's area code is 519. That = 14.

Detroit is 313=7. So i guess we are important lol.

Utah-North: 801 = 19.

By the reasoning New Jersey(201) is most important... Big Bell seems to disagree with public opinion:D

New Jersey (201) is 13...

BTW the lowest you can go is 212 or 221. Any other code would not be valid (211 ends in the same to numbers, not valid for an area code), and 1xx starts with a 1 which is not valid for an area code.

11

Austin, Texas - 512 - 5 + 1 + 2 = 8! Yeah!

used to be 313 till i moved to where i am now.
now im not very important at all...

I was just looking at the 911 thread and I realized that the number 911 takes a lot more time to dial than it has to. Why does 211 and 311 or even 411 have more importance than our own safety? 911 has an 11 rating for while the other have a rating of 4, 5, or 6. Why is that?

911 was established after touch tone phones so it really didn't matter anymore? (just a guess)

Sounds interesting.

Okay, this is gonna suck for me. Let's see

Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK

02392

So that's...carry the one...find the square root...subtract 17...27!!!

Holy bejesus!!

perhaps the 9 in 911 is so you don't dial it by accident. you have to think about dialing 9 cause it's all the way around the dial. i remember when our only phone was rotary.

nyc 212- 5
nassau 516- 12
westch. 914- 14

i'm moving up in life and down in phone number importance

Originally posted by Thor
Sounds interesting.

Okay, this is gonna suck for me. Let's see

Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK

02392

So that's...carry the one...find the square root...subtract 17...27!!!

Holy bejesus!! eh?

10 + 9 + 2 + 2 + 3

= 19 + 4 + 3

= 19 + 7

= 26.

:p

Ah yes, I forgot to subtract the one...hee hee.....yeah *whistles* :D

122- 5 points... ayayayay

122 is not a valid area code.

A little research on my part has revealed, through precise mathematical analysis, that my phone number is among the top 2,000,000,000 numbers of any geological age. Since this is the very first geological age in which phones have existed, more study may be warranted.

I can never remember my own phonenumber...

780 and 403....

7+8+10= 25
4+10+3 = 17

I'm really far north, and I'm not important.

I live in the 425 (11), but used to live in the 206 (18). Hmmm ...

I wonder when 425 was initiated ....

:m:,
Tiassa :cool:

Well now if that applies in Japan I've got to be living in one of the most unimportant places here. It adds up to 28. Jeez, talk about a self esteem killer..... wait


~Fatal

to give even my area code to you people would a be a security risk. how do i know none of you are wholy crusaders out to kill all kthonians? or cia agents who know a lil too much about how i make my spare change.

*only the paranoid survive*

Say 204. I'm sure people would have fun trying to find you. Manitoba is big. And full of corn.