The New York State Public Service Commission has announced it is putting on hold its proceeding to determine how best to create an additional area code in the 315 area code region.
The Commission made its decision based on a revised forecast from the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), the agency responsible for administering area codes, extending the time needed to the third quarter of 2016 for a new area code in the 315 area.
The PSC had considered two competing plans. A geographic split would divide residents in the 18-county, 315 area code with consumers in a determined region adopting a new area code and allowing the rest of the 315 area code to stay the same. Another plan, known as an overlay, would have all new phone numbers in the 315 area code use a new area code.
In April of this year, NANPA had projected an exhaust date for the existing supply of numbers in the first quarter of 2015... NANPA now projects the exhaust date to be the third quarter of 2016.
