From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   XPost: nyc.transit   
      
   John Levine  wrote:   
      
   >>IMHO, for rural areas that are facing exhaustion, the correct solution   
   >>is a split, retaining 7D dialing afterward.  Overlays should only be   
   >>used for area codes that have already been reduced to a single rate   
   >>center and are still facing exhaustion, of which there are maybe a dozen   
   >>actual or likely cases in the entire NANP.   
      
   >The borough of Queens in NYC has six rate centers, the Bronx has three,   
   >Brooklyn and Staten Island each have two.  Split them all by rate center?   
   >Get real.   
      
   I don't see why New York boroughs should be denied the pleasure of   
   experiencing something comparable to the 312/773 split, which follows   
   rate center boundaries and jog all over the place.   
      
   >[Follow-up once again set to a relevant group]   
      
   You're a baaaaaad boy, John.   
      
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