Help Keep the 760 Area Code in North County!
September 2nd, 2008 by Debra Simpson

A message from the Chamber for all small business owners!
Make your voice heard! Attend the FINAL California Public Utilities Commission hearing on 760 in Carlsbad this Thursday, September 4, 2008 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at City Hall, 1200 Carlsbad Village Dr.
Carlsbad Chamber along with Assemblyman Garrick and other local chamber’s have filed a petition with the CPUC to Modify their decision and to keep 760 in North County. Join us this Thursday, September 4, by testifying and telling the CPUC commissioners how much money this area code change will cost your business and why you support the Chamber’s PETITION TO MODIFY DECISION 08-04-058 (to split area code 760)!
What: FINAL California Public Utilities Commission Public Participation Hearing on Petition to Modify Decision of 760 area code split.
When: Thursday, September 4, 2008
Where: Carlsbad City Council Chambers,1200 Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad, CA 92008
If you wish to attend please contact Michael Babowal at (760) 931-8400 x 208 or MBabowal@carlsbad.org
Can’t attend,but want to help? Click here to find out how.
HISTORY
With over 1,700 members, representing over 75,000 employees, the Carlsbad Chamber is the 10th largest chamber of commerce in the State of California. Over 90% of our members are small businesses, so we have had serious concern with the California Public Utilities Commission’s Proposed Decision in the 760 Area Code proceedings since it was announced in 2007. The Chamber attended a meeting in Carlsbad and submitted letters opposing the potential split of the 760 area code and urged an area code overlay. We believe subjecting the people and businesses of Northern San Diego County to yet another area code change is especially unfair since for many in the area this will be the third time they have had to change their area codes from 714 to 619 (November 1982) to 760 (March 1997) to 442 (April 2009) in less than 30 years.
Area code changes are burdensome and inconvenient for anyone with a phone, but the burdens are particularly significant for companies which rely on their telephones to conduct their businesses. Companies expend significant financial resources to promote their businesses contact information. For a business, a change in area code means they must incur costs to change a number of key documents including, but not limited to: stationary, yellow pages entries, advertisements, business cards and to effectively "re-market" their new number. More significantly, our members face the very real risk that they will lose business and revenue from customers who cannot locate their business because of a new phone number. These costs are significant for all business, but are extremely burdensome for our core membership; small businesses.
On April 24, 2008, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to split the 760 area code in a majority of North San Diego County to the newly proposed 442 area code. This was against the recommendation of the impartial North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA). Starting in November of 2008, those in the affected region will be forced to switch to area code 442. (A list of affected phone number prefixes is here.
Assemblyman Garrick along with several of their state and local colleagues and several affect chamber of commerce have composed and signed a letter address to the CPUC and Governor.
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760 area code could be pulled from San Diego
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