Though dialing a full 10-digit phone number may seem like an inconvenience, crisis intervention providers in the Corridor say that small sacrifice could make a huge difference in the life of someone ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) -- The telephone area code for some eastern Iowans is about to change from 319 area to 563. Permissive dialing under either area code will run out on Dec. 2, meaning the residents ...

Starting Sunday, Oct. 24, Iowans in the 319 and 515 area codes will need to dial all 10 digits of a phone number to make a call. The new requirement from the Federal Communications Commission makes ...

On Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001, it will become mandatory to dial 563 to reach telecommunications customers in the eastern Iowa region designated for the new area code. The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) ordered ...

If you try to dial a local number without the 515 or 319 area codes, the call will not go through today. Iowa Utilities Board spokesman, Don Tormey, says it’s part of a change by the FCC to avoid ...

Limber up your fingers: 10-digit dialing starts Oct. 24 in the 515 and 319 area codes. Under a new Federal Communications Commission rule, people who live in the 515 (Des Moines) and 319 (Iowa City, ...

The split gives the shrunken 319 region an estimated four years before it will run out of telephone numbers and the 563 region about 10 years before it will need more area code relief. The former 319 ...