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   Message 2,437 of 3,261   
   Adam H. Kerman to John Levine   
   Re: Area code splits   
   19 Nov 12 04:38:50   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   XPost: nyc.transit   
      
   John Levine  wrote:   
      
   >>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.   
      
   >Well, New York has the geographic peculiarities of Marble Hill, which   
   >is legally part of Manhattan while physically connected to the Bronx,   
   >and Rikers' Island which is legally part of the Bronx, while only   
   >accessible from Queens, but in general the borough boundaries are   
   >unambiguous, mostly marked by large navigable waterways, so that's   
   >where the splits happen.  And perhaps the NY PSC is more on the ball   
   >than IL.   
      
   I would hope so. It's got to be worst split anyone's gone through.   
      
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