Initially, there was substantial public resistance to overlays because of the digit dialing requirement for local calls. However, the last area code split in Canada was in with the split of splitting off and the last area code split in the US was in with splitting off No area code splits are currently proposed and both countries have agreed: without exceptional circumstances, all new area codes will be overlays. Today, 7-digit dialing is broken in most major cities. Many areas not served by an overlay can still use 7-digit dialing.
Something besides allocating more area codes needed to be done to improve the system. After a few trials, mandatory number pooling was implemented in with a national rollout to the largest metropolitan areas.
With number pooling, an entire prefix of 10, numbers is allocated to a specific area, but phone numbers are only allocated to a specific carrier in 1, block increments. While several US markets are still not required to implement number pooling and Canada has no number pooling, the effects dramatically slowed the need to allocate new prefixes and new area codes because of increased utilization.
The rate of issuing new area codes dropped to nearly half that of the s. While it may seem that all consumers in the US use a mobile phone, more than two-thirds of prefixes are allocated for landline use.
That number has been dropping by about 3. Not all area codes are assigned to a specific geographic area. One of the most common are toll-free area codes where the caller is not billed for long distance though wireless customers may have minutes deducted from their plan : , , , , , , and The area code is also currently used for premium services that are billed to the caller at higher than normal long distance rates.
In the s and and early s, numbers were frequently used to target children to run up phone bills, psychic hotlines, adult entertainment, computer help, etc. Legislative protections in the s and the withdrawal of phone companies from passing these fees onto customers has largely killed the number industry. Other caller-pays area codes include , , , , , , , , and Though they see much less usage now, some are still used for dial-up modem access or security systems. Area codes and are reserved for special telecommunications services and receive little usage.
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The southern one-third of the territory north of the 31st parallel was unorganized until with the creation of Mississippi Territory. The United States claimed the territory south of the 31st parallel as part of the Louisiana Purchase in , but did not formally acquire this territory from Spain until Alabama Territory was organized from the eastern part of Mississippi Territory on March 3, , with generally the same boundary as the present state.
Although the territory had not yet been legally established, census data for Alabama are available beginning with the census. The population shown for Alabama is for that portion of the present state north of the 31st parallel that was part of Mississippi Territory; it does not include population in the area claimed by Georgia. The population shown is for all of the present state north of the 31st parallel. The population of the entire legally established Mississippi Territory of which the area of Alabama was a part was 40, in and 8, in There are county subdivisions in Alabama.
They are all census county divisions CCDs , which are delineated for statistical purposes, have no legal function, and are not governmental units. Alabama has places; incorporated places and census designated places CDPs. The incorporated places consist of cities and towns. Cities have a minimum population threshold of 2, people and towns have between and 1, people. A minimum population of is required to incorporate in Alabama.
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