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twopiece · 01-12-2004, 7:30 AM

Heard a story on the WB11 news this morning that Cingular has gotten themselves a block of 212 numbers and have been giving them out to new mobile customers. The only issue is that many of these new customers live in Jersey. Anyone know if there's any truth to the claim?

Having a 212 number on your cell would be pretty neat.

Yankees368 · 01-12-2004, 1:32 PM

212 area code on a cell? Isnt it hard enough to get a 212 on any line?

Critic · 01-12-2004, 2:25 PM

Last time I checked, the 212 area code was totally maxed out. I would be surprised if there's any truth to this story. (After all, look at the source - WB11? Come on.) [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

Yankees368 · 01-12-2004, 2:28 PM

WB11...does anyone watch them? Its all about FOX5!

Yankees368 · 01-12-2004, 3:29 PM

WB11...does anyone watch them? Its all about FOX5!

**EDIT**

Ha, i was just watching FOX5..and they also said that some people in the city AND in northern NJ are able to get 212 numbers on new cell lines. I wonder how that happened.

LOUIEwireless · 01-12-2004, 8:18 PM

It's totally true..... I've given out 7 (212) numbers this week, and not only with Cingular, but T-mobile as well. It shocked the hell out of me the first time I saw it. I requested a NYC area code for a customer thinking it would be (646), but a (212) area code popped up.

axvx8xoxr · 01-12-2004, 9:30 PM

so i guess the significance with 212 area code is nothing more than there are alot of 212 numbers?

Critic · 01-13-2004, 1:09 AM

Maybe the 212s are recycling from Manhattan residents who have been porting their home phone numbers over to their mobile service? (Old mobile number, a 212, gets dropped in favor of the home number.) Just an idea.

Hell, these days, I'm surprised people aren't auctioning 212's off on eBay.

Stupiud · 01-13-2004, 3:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by: Critic
Maybe the 212s are recycling from Manhattan residents who have been porting their home phone numbers over to their mobile service? (Old mobile number, a 212, gets dropped in favor of the home number.) Just an idea.

Hell, these days, I'm surprised people aren't auctioning 212's off on eBay.

yea. im thinking its prolly recycled.... can you port the number away from a cell number to a land line!?.... that would be an awsome way for ppl to get land line 212 numbers....

i personally like the 917.... like the first cell users in NYC.... =p

scohen · 01-13-2004, 12:32 PM

Most likely they are recycled internal numbers, so when a cingular customer leaves cingular (obviously without porting their number away) cingular sits on the number for 60 or 90 days then its available again for them to give to another new customer. Thay way there is always a small chance you can get a 212 number. Same thing happened in philly with 215 cell phone numbers. But I know some lady got my old number cause my freidns always tell me she's a really b1tch when they call her by accident.

Jobronie · 01-13-2004, 1:52 PM

Saw the story on the news last night.

A Cingular rep says that they ran out of the original block, but they are definitely getting more. They'll even take orders for a 212 and will give it to you when it pops up. She said if you can order in the next few days, they can practically guarantee that they will get you a 212. It's limited to NYC and north Jersey residents/billing addys......

twopiece · 01-13-2004, 2:23 PM

Anyone know if Cingular will pay your early termination fee if you decide to switch to them?

scohen · 01-13-2004, 2:30 PM

Probably not as a specific dollar for dollar deal, but you could help convince yourself that they are doing that by getting a good deal on a phone and waiving the activation fee.

Yankees368 · 01-13-2004, 2:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by: twopiece
Anyone know if Cingular will pay your early termination fee if you decide to switch to them?

According to my friend...cingular contacted him (he was with t-mobile) and said that if he switched to cingular, they would pay the ETF for all 3 of his families lines, plus free phones. Now thats a good deal.

roamer1 · 01-13-2004, 4:27 PM

Re availability of 212 numbers: I see no reason Cingular couldn't get them. It's likely that Cingular has gotten thousands blocks in NPA-NXXs assigned to other carriers...there are a lot of CLECs in NYC and many of them have very few numbers assigned, and under FCC rules CLECs have had to "return" unused NPA-NXXs and thousands blocks for reassignment to other carriers.

-SC

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Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,645 Phone(s): Blackberry Tour Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 3 Thanked 21 Times in 14 Posts Images: 653 My Auctions	Cingular giving out 212 numbers? WB11...does anyone watch them? Its all about FOX5! **EDIT** Ha, i was just watching FOX5..and they also said that some people in the city AND in northern NJ are able to get 212 numbers on new cell lines. I wonder how that happened. __________________ "'Current Sprint Service Can Not Be Used' What the hell does that mean?!?" Nokia 5190 > Samsung a460 > Sanyo 6200 > Sanyo 8100 > Sanyo 8200 > Sanyo 7400 > Samsung a900 > Samsung a900m > Motorola K1m > Sanyo M1> HTC Mogul > HTC Touch Pro > Palm Pre > Blackberry Tour

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LOUIEwireless Movin' on up! Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Cingular giving out 212 numbers? It's totally true..... I've given out 7 (212) numbers this week, and not only with Cingular, but T-mobile as well. It shocked the hell out of me the first time I saw it. I requested a NYC area code for a customer thinking it would be (646), but a (212) area code popped up.

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Critic The Digital Ruler Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Princeton NJ Posts: 1,317 Phone(s): Apple iPhone 3G, [Palm Treo 700p-retired], [Moto V710 - recalled] Provider(s): AT&T Devices: Apple iPod Classic 160GB Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Cingular giving out 212 numbers? Maybe the 212s are recycling from Manhattan residents who have been porting their home phone numbers over to their mobile service? (Old mobile number, a 212, gets dropped in favor of the home number.) Just an idea. Hell, these days, I'm surprised people aren't auctioning 212's off on eBay. __________________ The innocent shall suffer. Big time.

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scohen Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somerset New Jersey Posts: 101 Phone(s): LG VX-4400, BlackBerry 7250 Provider(s): Verizon Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Cingular giving out 212 numbers? Most likely they are recycled internal numbers, so when a cingular customer leaves cingular (obviously without porting their number away) cingular sits on the number for 60 or 90 days then its available again for them to give to another new customer. Thay way there is always a small chance you can get a 212 number. Same thing happened in philly with 215 cell phone numbers. But I know some lady got my old number cause my freidns always tell me she's a really b1tch when they call her by accident.

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Jobronie Fresh Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Cingular giving out 212 numbers? Saw the story on the news last night. A Cingular rep says that they ran out of the original block, but they are definitely getting more. They'll even take orders for a 212 and will give it to you when it pops up. She said if you can order in the next few days, they can practically guarantee that they will get you a 212. It's limited to NYC and north Jersey residents/billing addys......

01-13-2004, 2:23 PM	Original Poster #12
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scohen Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somerset New Jersey Posts: 101 Phone(s): LG VX-4400, BlackBerry 7250 Provider(s): Verizon Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Cingular giving out 212 numbers? Probably not as a specific dollar for dollar deal, but you could help convince yourself that they are doing that by getting a good deal on a phone and waiving the activation fee.

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