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 Message 2437 
 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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