N. Idaho may get new area code

COEUR d’ALENE — The days of a single area code for Idaho are coming to an end, but who is allowed to continue using 208 has yet to be decided.

According to Gene Fadness with Idaho Public Utilities Commission there are two possible scenarios for adding a second area code in Idaho.

The first is called the “geographic overlay” method, and the second is the “geographic split” method.

In the overlay method, Fadness explained, a new area code will be selected by the North American Numbering Plan Administration and it will be attached to all new phone numbers issued in Idaho and phone numbers currently in use will continue to use 208.

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