Ohio is welcoming a new area code this year. In 2022, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) said the Northeast Ohio area code, 440, would become exhausted, or run out of available phone ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Few things feel more like home than seeing the area code you grew up dialing. But if you’re used to seeing the 440 used in many of Cleveland’s suburbs, change is on the horizon.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) previously announced that the current 440 area code “is expected to run out of available phone numbers in the third quarter of 2024.” In response, the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — If you were excited to get a phone number that started with 436, then Thank God It’s Friday. People getting new phone lines who in the past would have received a 440 area code will ...

Beginning March 1, new phone numbers issued in what is currently the 440 area code will be given a new set of digits fresh to the Northeast Ohio region: 436. That’s because the 440 area code, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - New phone numbers in Northeast Ohio will start to see a different three digit area code as 436 starts its usage on March 1. The newest area code, 436, will be for any new ...

ASHTABULA, Ohio — Northeast Ohio is now home to the brand new 436 area code as of Friday, March 1. It comes after the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) previously announced that the current ...

Northeast Ohio residents have a new area code to learn — 436. The 440 area code is running out of numbers, according to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. So, the new area code is ready to ...

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