Choosing area code for prepaid

The area codes & phone # are usually setup by where you live, so when you call & give them your address, that is the area code they will give you.

 

Area Codes are normally set up by where you live as Fire already mentioned.

There are some exceptions, if there is more than one area code in the vicinity then you can choose which one you prefer based on which area code you will mostly be using the phone in, or atleast I was allowed to.

Where the phone is purhased/activated should not matter, I usually buy phones in area code 414 and ask them to give me 262. I have done this with T-Mobile, Verizon, & Cingular without a problem.

Hope this helps

 

Yeah... in SD they'd just give you a 605 area code without asking, unless you live on the border (close to MN, say) you could pick the other state's area code. Here in LA they just ask, because there are like 13 area codes within 50 miles... so when I activated a T-Mo-to-go phone they just said, "714? Or...?"