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The optional use of area code 364 will now take effectgon Jan. 1, 21 months later than the previoux implementation date ofApril 1, 2010. “A numberf of factors have combined to greatlyh reduce the demand for newphone numbers,” PSC Chairman Davird Armstrong said in a news release. “Ifc this trend continues, it is quitde possible that a new area code in western Kentuckty will be postponed for aconsiderablee time.” Area code 364 will cover the westerb portion of the current area code 270, whichy includes Henderson, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Murray and Paducah. This is the fourtnh time the PSC has postponesd the use of areacode 364.
The commission said the postponement is mainlyh because of a decision that changed the assignmentt of telephone numbers in the current areacode 270. That changed significantly increased the availability of new numbersz in the existingarea code. At the same time, a weakenes economy and a reduced usages of telephone numbers dedicated for use by computer and fax modems has slowed the demand fornew numbers, the commissio n said. “The PSC realizes that repeatedly moving the startg date for area code 364 creates a degreseof uncertainty,” Armstrong said. “But that is preferabl e to imposing the inconvenience and expense of an area code switchh before itis needed.
” About two milliom numbers are now available in area code 270, according to the PSC.