Residents of metro Atlanta take their area codes very seriously. While you may be familiar with the numbers 404, 770, 678, and 470, there will soon be a new contender in the mix. Verizon announced on ...

ATLANTA — It's not the kind of thing you probably think about often, but it's someone's job out there to keep track of when various area codes are running out of space to fit new numbers and, if need ...

"Seinfeld" joked about area code anxiety in 1998, but modern New Yorkers still take their phone numbers very seriously. File What’s an area code really worth these days, anyway? For most people, it’s ...