Area code 518

The blue area is New York State; the red is area code 518.

Area code 518 is a telephone area code in eastern upstate New York, established as one of the original area codes in 1947. It covers 24 counties and 1,200 ZIP codes. It has 493 landline and 100 wireless exchanges serviced by 47 carriers.[1] It is the largest area code in size in New York, extending from the eastern Mohawk Valley to the Vermont border, and from the Canada–US border to south of Albany. The bulk of the area code's population is in the Capital District (Albany, Schenectady, and Troy). Other major cities in the area code are Glens Falls and Plattsburgh.

518 is the only one of New York's original five area codes that still has its original boundaries, and one of the few remaining original area codes (not counting those serving an entire state) that has never been split or overlaid. Due to the proliferation of cell phones and pagers (particularly in the Capital District), the supply of numbers is nearly exhausted and should fully exhaust in 2017, necessitating a split or overlay of the region.[2] An overlay area code, 838, has been approved, to be implemented in 2017.[3][4]

Communities served by this area code

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Area Code 518". White Pages Inc. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ https://www.nationalnanpa.com/pdf/NRUF/Changes_from_April2016_NRUF_Forecast.pdf
  3. ↑ Anderson, Eric (September 15, 2016). "Another three digits to join the 518". Times-Union. Albany, N.Y.: Hearst. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ Rulison, Larry (September 20, 2016). "Capital Region, say hello to area code 838". Times-Union. Albany, N.Y.: Hearst. Retrieved October 2, 2016.

External links

New York area codes: 212, 315, 332, 347, 516, 518, 585, 607, 631, 646, 680, 716, 718, 845, 914, 917, 929, 934
North: 450/579, 613/343, 819
West: 315, 607 area code 518 East: 413, 802, 860/959
South: 845
Connecticut area codes: 203, 475, 860, 959
Massachusetts area codes: 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
Ontario area codes: 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 416, 519, 613, 647, 705, 807, 905
Quebec area codes: 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819
Vermont area codes: 802

Coordinates: 43°12′N 73°54′W / 43.2°N 73.9°W / 43.2; -73.9

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