Robby (imported) wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:18 pm Nice pattern detection... but are you sure Los Angeles got 312 because of size and not for the fact, 213 is the original area code...
Today, Los Angeles also has 310. Now where does that stand in the dialing ease...
With the replacement of dial phones by push-button phones, dialing ease is no longer relevant in assigning new area codes, as all combinations of numbers are equally easy to punch in.