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- Area_code_604 abstract "Telephone area code 604 serves southwestern British Columbia: the Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound/Sea to Sky Corridor, Fraser Valley and the lower Fraser Canyon regions. It primarily serves the city of Vancouver and surrounding regions. 604 is one of the original 86 area codes assigned in 1947 in the contiguous United States and the then nine provinces of Canada. It originally served the entire province until a geographic split was implemented in 1997, creating the new area code 250 for the remainder of the province.Until 1988, area 604 also included Point Roberts, Washington, a pene-enclave of the United States; it was transferred in that year to 206 and is now served by area code 360.While the 1997 split was intended as a long-term solution, within three years, 604 was close to exhaustion due to Canada's inefficient number allocation system. Every CLEC in the country is allocated blocks of 10,000 numbers for every rate centre where it offers service, even for the smallest hamlets. Once a number is assigned to a carrier and rate centre, it can't be moved elsewhere, even when it is in an area that doesn't need nearly as many numbers as a larger one. This resulted in many wasted numbers. The problem was exacerbated because the Lower Mainland (and particularly the Vancouver area) is home to most of the province's landlines, as well as most of its cell phones.On November 3, 2001, area code 778 was implemented as a concentrated overlay for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Regional District. This experiment was announced in NANP planning letter PL-246. The remainder of the Lower Mainland continued to use only 604. The addition of area code 778 required the implementation of ten-digit dialing throughout all of southwestern British Columbia.The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced on June 7, 2007, that 778 would become an overlay for the entire province on July 4, 2007, after the same number allocation problems brought 250 close to exhaustion. Effective June 23, 2008, 10-digit dialing became mandatory in BC and a recording was played to remind of the new rule. After September 12, 2008, 7-digit dialing was no longer functional.The incumbent local exchange carrier in 604 and 778 is Telus. Through \"number portability\" and sub-allocation of all numbers in some exchanges to a competitor, many numbers in the 778 area code are now serviced by Shaw Cablesystems.".
- Area_code_604 wikiPageExternalLink 56th-anniversary-areacodes.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageExternalLink canadian_area_codes.htm.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageExternalLink ac604.htm.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageExternalLink pl-nanp-246.pdf.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageID "3779627".
- Area_code_604 wikiPageLength "9506".
- Area_code_604 wikiPageOutDegree "86".
- Area_code_604 wikiPageRevisionID "702819310".
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Abbotsford,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Agassiz,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Aldergrove,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Anmore.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Area_code_206.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Area_code_250.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Area_code_360.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Area_codes_778_and_236.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Boston_Bar,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Bowen_Island.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Burnaby.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Radio-television_and_Telecommunications_Commission.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Category:1947_introductions.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Area_codes_in_Canada.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Communications_in_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Lower_Mainland.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sea-to-Sky_Corridor.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sunshine_Coast_(British_Columbia).
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Chehalis,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Chilliwack.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Cloverdale,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Competitive_local_exchange_carrier.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Coquitlam.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Delta,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Enclave_and_exclave.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Fraser_Canyon.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Fraser_Valley.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Fraser_Valley_Regional_District.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Gibsons.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Harrison_Hot_Springs.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Hope,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Howe_Sound.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Kent,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Langley,_British_Columbia_(city).
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Langley,_British_Columbia_(district_municipality).
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink List_of_North_American_Numbering_Plan_area_codes.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Local_exchange_carrier.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Lower_Mainland.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Maple_Ridge,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Metro_Vancouver.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Mission,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink New_Westminster.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Newton_Town_Centre.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink North_American_Numbering_Plan.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink North_Vancouver_(city).
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink North_Vancouver_(district_municipality).
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Overlay_plan.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Pender_Harbour,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Pitt_Meadows.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Point_Roberts,_Washington.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Port_Coquitlam.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Port_Moody.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Powell_River,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Richmond,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Roberts_Creek,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Sea-to-Sky_Corridor.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Sechelt.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Squamish,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Sunshine_Coast_(British_Columbia).
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Surrey,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Telephone_numbering_plan.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Telus.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Ten-digit_dialing.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Vancouver.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink West_Vancouver.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Whalley,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Whistler,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink White_Rock,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLink Yale,_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLinkText "(604)".
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLinkText "+1-604".
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLinkText "604".
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLinkText "Area code 604".
- Area_code_604 wikiPageWikiLinkText "area code 604".
- Area_code_604 e "250".
- Area_code_604 n "250".
- Area_code_604 s "360".
- Area_code_604 s "WA".
- Area_code_604 state "BC".
- Area_code_604 this "604".
- Area_code_604 w "250".
- Area_code_604 wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Area_code_box.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Coord.
- Area_code_604 wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Area_code_604 subject Category:1947_introductions.
- Area_code_604 subject Category:Area_codes_in_Canada.
- Area_code_604 subject Category:Communications_in_British_Columbia.
- Area_code_604 subject Category:Lower_Mainland.
- Area_code_604 subject Category:Sea-to-Sky_Corridor.