The Corporation Commission has worked long and successfully to delay the day when the 918 area code would run out of numbers. Without the Commission’s nationally-acclaimed “number conservation” plan, the 918 area code was originally predicted to run out of phone numbers about five years ago.
Unfortunately, there is still no changing the fact that the number of telephone numbers in any given area code is finite. While the “number conservation plan” has worked very well, The North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) has notified the Corporation Commission that the 918 area code will finally experience what is called “number exhaust” in the fourth quarter of 2011.
There are two ways of dealing with a number exhaust. Each has advantages and disadvantages.
The Corporation Commission would like to thank all of you who participated in the online or phone survey, and attended the town hall meetings.