Well, NM...It's over! Our 1 area code state is no more....as of

[Gloria]

October 7, 2007, we will have a new area code, 575 in addition to 505.

You can use either until October 5, 2008 when using the new code becomes mandatory.

Quest sent us a little map and it's wild. From the 4 Corners area, it looks like an area shaped like Massachussetts juts out and surrounds ABQ and Santa Fe. Seems like the oil and gas industries up there will be able to keep their original area code....

MEANWHILE, the bulk of the state has to switch over to 575. Which includes us down here in Las Cruces....


link to a map and info

http://www.nm575.info/



Naturally, the link that Quest provided to their site doesn't work!!

[MADem]

1. Over the last forty some odd years, we have had the same phone number

and three different area codes.

Three times seems to be the charm, though--they haven't messed with us lately.