Beginning this month all local calls made within the 850 area code will have to use all 10-digits - that's the area code plus the 7-digit telephone number

 Beginning this month all local calls made within the 850 area code will have to use all 10-digits - that's the area code plus the 7-digit telephone number. 

Last November, the Florida Public Service Commission approved an “area code overlay” that will add a new 448 area code as well as the existing 850 area code.

The 448 area code implementation is necessary because the 850 area code is running out of available numbers.

The transition actually began last August, but beginning February 20^th, all local calls made within the Florida 850 area code will have use 10-digits: the area code + the 7-digit telephone number.

Beginning March 20th, 2021, telephone customers in the 850 area code overlay region who request new service, an additional line or, in some cases, to move their service will be assigned the new 448 area code. 

Your current telephone number, including current area code, will not change.

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