The Illinois Commerce Commission on Wednesday ordered dozens oftelephone companies to return as many as 750,000 unused telephonenumbers in area code 847 in an effort to delay the start of anoverlay area code.
The Citizens Utility Board said the return of the numbers, alongwith other conservation strategies by the commission, mean residentsof the northern suburbs served by area code 847 will avoid thenuisance of 11-digit dialing for the foreseeable future.
"The commission is telling the phone industry . . . they can'thoard numbers," said Martin Cohen, executive director of CUB. Areacode 847 "shouldn't run out of numbers for four years or longer."CUB has been …
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