Editing Area codes 954 and 754

{{Short description|Area codes for Broward County, Florida}}
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'''Area codes 954 and 754''' are the telephone [[area code]]s in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP) for [[Broward County, Florida]]. Notable cities in the numbering plan area are [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]], [[Plantation, Florida|Plantation]], [[Hollywood, Florida|Hollywood]], [[Parkland, Florida|Parkland]], [[Sunrise, Florida|Sunrise]], [[Pompano Beach, Florida|Pompano Beach]], [[Coral Springs, Florida|Coral Springs]], [[Deerfield Beach, Florida|Deerfield Beach]], [[Davie, Florida|Davie]], [[Weston, Florida|Weston]], [[Dania Beach, Florida|Dania Beach]], [[Oakland Park, Florida|Oakland Park]] and [[Pembroke Pines, Florida|Pembroke Pines]].

Area code 954 went into service on September 11, 1995, in a split of [[area code 305]], which was the original and sole area code for Florida in 1947, when [[AT&T]] created the first nationwide [[telephone numbering plan]].<ref name= newring>Whitefield, Mimi; Fields, Gregg (September 3, 1995). "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/640110458/ A New Ring]". ''The Miami Herard''. p. 1B, 2B.</ref> By 1995, Broward County had used 305 for 48 years, and numerous splits over the years had made area code 305 more or less coextensive with the [[Miami]]–Fort Lauderdale area. This split was intended as a long-term solution, but within five years 954 was already close to exhaustion due to South Florida's explosive growth and the proliferation of auxiliary devices, such as cell phones, pagers, and fax machines.

In November 2000, the [[Florida Public Service Commission]] approved the use of an overlay area code to service Broward County, after a telecommunications industry group sought alternatives to relieve the strain on the county. It was projected that 954 was to be exhausted by the third quarter of 2002. The [[North American Numbering Plan Administration]] (NANPA) announced on December 4, 2000, an area code [[overlay plan]] for relief, assigning area code 754 to the same territory in Broward County.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nanpa.com/press_releases/pr_120400.html |title=Area Code Relief Planned for Southeast Florida |access-date=2007-01-08 |publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administration |date=2000-12-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107040936/http://www.nanpa.com/press_releases/pr_120400.html |archivedate=7 January 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The area code was activated on August 1, 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/pl-nanp-291.pdf |title=NPA 754 To Overlay NPA 954 (Southeast Florida) |access-date=2007-01-08|author=North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA)|date=2001-08-04|format=PDF}}</ref> and began use on April 1, 2002.<ref>{{cite news |first=Nicole |last=Ostrow |title=No Joke: 10-Digit Dialing at Hand |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/111548810.html?dids=111548810:111548810&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+26%2C+2002&author=Nicole+Ostrow+Business+Writer&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&edition=&startpage=1.A&desc=NO+JOKE%3A+10-DIGIT+DIALING+AT+HAND+ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001050241/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/111548810.html?dids=111548810:111548810&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+26,+2002&author=Nicole+Ostrow+Business+Writer&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&edition=&startpage=1.A&desc=NO+JOKE:+10-DIGIT+DIALING+AT+HAND+ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2007 |work=Sun-Sentinel |date=2002-03-26 |access-date=2007-01-08 |page=Local 1A}}</ref> As the overlay plan required, [[ten-digit dialing]] became mandatory in Broward. As 954 exchanges are exhausted, new numbers use area code 754.

==See also==
{{Portal|Telephones}}
* [[List of Florida area codes]]
* [[List of NANP area codes]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090224193126/http://www.areacodedownload.com/754/index.html List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 754 Area Code]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090208010359/http://www.areacodedownload.com/954/index.html List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 954 Area Code]

{{Area code box | State = FL | This = 754/954
| N = [[area codes 561 and 728|561/728]]
| S = [[area codes 305, 786, and 645|305/786/645]]
| E = [[area code 242|242]] ([[The Bahamas]]), [[Atlantic Ocean]]
| W = [[area code 239|239]], [[area code 863|863]]
|S1=Bahamas
}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Area Codes 754 And 954}}
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