New Utah Area Code

New Utah Area Code

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Story Published: Apr 10, 2008 at 10:00 PM MST

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 6:24 PM MST

By Todd Kunz

If you have family in friends in Utah, you will soon have to dial a new area code.

Qwest Communications says beginning June 1, Utah phoners will have to dial 10-digits to make local calls all because of population growth.

However, rather than splitting the state, the decision was made to introduce the new area code as an overlay. This means people currently assigned an 801 can keep it and still get an 801 number for any additional lines such as a fax machine, but when a new phone is assigned it gets the new 385 area code.

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