HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Mandatory 10-digit dialing will begin later this year in 16 counties in south-central Pennsylvania that are getting a new area code to overlay the existing 717 area code. The ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Changes are coming to the 717 area code, but one thing that won’t change under this plan is your phone number. According to the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, if ...

A portion of Berks and 15 other counties in Pennsylvania are getting a new area code, but numbers already being used in the 717 area code won't be affected. The state Public Utility Commission said ...

The 717 area code is expected to run out of new phone numbers by the third quarter of 2018. The area code covers York, Adams, Lebanon and Franklin counties, and all, most or part of 12 other counties ...

Before 10-digit dialing starts in the 717 area code on Saturday, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is reminding residents and businesses across central and southeastern Pennsylvania to be ...

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will hold two “smart hearings” on Aug. 9 to gather public comment on plans to address the predicted exhaustion of telephone numbers in the 717 ...

Starting today, those living in the 717 area code must use 10 digits to make a phone call. They must dial 717 before the seven-digit number. Callers using only a seven-digit number will get a ...

Saturday is the day that 10-digit dialing begins in what has been the 717 area code. The change is required as a result of a new "overlay" area code -- 223 -- being activated in the 717 service area.

The 717 area code was established in 1947. Some of you may remember a time when it serviced a great deal more of eastern Pennsylvania than it does today. In fact, 717 was the largest area code on the ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Mandatory 10-digit dialing will begin later this year in 16 counties in south-central Pennsylvania that are getting a new area code to overlay the existing 717 area code. The ...

An additional area code for the Susquehanna Valley region - the "717" - has been selected. Now, "223" will be assigned to new telephone numbers once the available supply of numbers is exhausted. Based ...

HARRISBURG - One of the more iconic things about our area, the 717 area code, may not be alone for much longer. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has been told all the phone numbers in the ...