{"id":1458,"date":"2013-10-30T11:42:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T15:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2013-10-31T13:50:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T17:50:30","slug":"get-ready-to-learn-a-new-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/get-ready-to-learn-a-new-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready to learn a new number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1459\" alt=\"phone-old-support\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/phone-old-support-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/phone-old-support-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/phone-old-support-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/phone-old-support-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The 519 area code covered southwestern Ontario for 53 years before running out of available numbers reports <a href=\"http:\/\/kitchener.ctvnews.ca\/southwestern-ontario-to-get-new-area-code-in-2015-1.1520121#ixzz2jDjvRDd3\">CTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 226 area code was introduced in 2006 to alleviate that problem.<\/p>\n<p>But both area codes are expected to run out of numbers by September 2015, which has prompted the CRTC to introduce a third three-digit code for the area.<\/p>\n<p>Starting June 4, 2015, 548 will join 519 and 226 as available codes for southwestern Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>The CRTC says people with current 519 and 226 numbers won\u2019t be affected by the addition of 548, which will only apply to new phones.<\/p>\n<p>Area codes 519, 226 and 548 cover the western and southwestern parts of Ontario, including Windsor, London, Owen Sound, Kitchener and Brantford.<\/p>\n<p>Third area codes have already been introduced in the Toronto and Hamilton areas.<\/p>\n<p>As noted earlier, the Worldline call centre will take some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/oh-no-new-area-codes-how-can-we-possibly-oh-ya\/\"><strong>heat<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 519 area code covered southwestern Ontario for 53 years before running out of available numbers reports CTV. The 226 area code was introduced in 2006 to alleviate that problem. But both area codes are expected to run out of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/get-ready-to-learn-a-new-number\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worldline"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Get ready to learn a new number - Worldline Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/get-ready-to-learn-a-new-number\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Get ready to learn a new number - Worldline Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 519 area code covered southwestern Ontario for 53 years before running out of available numbers reports CTV. 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