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Area Code Test & Change
Telephone Sounds & Recordings

The following are examples of both Area Code test number announcement recordings, and mandatory Area Code change recordings.

Files are in MP3 format. Click on each link to listen.

Area Code Test Recordings

Examples of recordings that local telephone companies set up in order to confirm routings to a new area code. These are typically in place several months before the new area code takes affect (overlay or split). Click on the Area Code link to listen to recording.

Area Code	State/Prov	Company	Date	Notes
276	Virginia	Verizon	2001
325	Texas	SBC	2003
424	California	SBC	Dec. 2005
430	Texas	SBC	2003
432	Texas	SBC	2003
434	Virginia	Verizon	2003
450	Quebec	Bell Canada	1998	Both French and English
540	Virginia	Bell Atlantic	1995	Still in operation
575	New Mexico	Qwest	2007
620	Kansas	SBC		Includes SIT and TTY tones
647	Ontario	Bell Canada	2000
647	Ontario	AT&T Canada	2000	Source: Joel Rosenblum
671	Guam	Guam Telephone	1997	Two different recordings and two different reorder sounds
684	American Samoa	ASTCA	2003	Formerly dialed as Country Code +684, entered NANP in fall of 2004. The first part of the recording is a muted 2600 Hz tone for answer supervision.
762	Georgia	BellSouth	2005

Area Code Change Recordings - AT&T

Examples of various AT&T recordings use to inform callers that the area code for the number they have dialed has changed to a new number. These are set up after a new are code goes mandatory after an area code split. Early recordings gave the trailer codes for the area code the tandem was located in. Modern recordings give it in NSN (Network Switch Number) format.

Area Code	Location	Style	Gender	Language	Year	Notes
321	Florida	Modern	Female	English/Spanish	1999
325	Texas	Modern	Male	English/Spanish	2003
432	Texas	Modern	Male	English/Spanish	2003
386	Florida	Modern	Female	English/Spanish	2001	Notice she says the area code (386) in English instead of Spanish.
434	Virginia	Modern	Male	English	2001
610	Pennsylvania	Old	Female	English	1994	Old tandem trailer code style (215-4T)
724	Pennsylvania	Modern	Female	English	1998
763 & 952	Minnesota	Modern	Male	English	2000	Split in to two possible area codes
928	Arizona	Modern	Male	English/Spanish	2001

Area Code Change Recordings - Other Long Distance Carriers

Examples of area code change recordings from MCI and Sprint.

Area Code	Company	Location	Date	Notes
434	MCI	Virginia	2001
434	Sprint	Virginia	2001
684	MCI	American Samoa	April 2005	Informing callers to dial as a domestic call and not as international
684	Sprint	American Samoa	April 2005	Notice how it "cranks back" to my local end office (Verizon) and plays an "all circuits busy" recording.
684	unknown	American Samoa	April 2005	This recording informs callers to dial American Samoa as Area Code 684. The company who made this recording is unknown, but has "114" as its trailer code.

Area Code Change Recordings - Local Telephone Companies

Recordings that local telephone companies set up in order to inform the caller that the area code for the number they have dialed has changed to a new number. These are set up after a new are code goes mandatory after an area code split.

Area Code	Location	Company	Date	Notes
325	Texas	SBC	October 2003	Recorded via Vartec long distance company.
830 & 956	Texas	SBC	1997	Two recordings, both in English and Spanish.
724	Pennsylvania	North Pittsburgh	1998	Local recording from the (now former) North Pittsburgh Telephone Co.
763 & 952	Minnesota	Qwest Local	2001	This is for the 612 area code three-way split into area codes 763 and 952. (includes TTY tones).
951	California	SBC	November 2004	Listen to the ENTIRE recording - its three recordings in one! The call was made via the Vartech long distance company. The first appears to be a local SBC recordings informing of the new 951 area code. The next one appears to be from a Nortel DMS tandem (generic "your call cannot be completed"). Finally, an AT&T area code change recording in both English and Spanish from the San Bernadino 4ESS tandem (113-T).
951	California	Verizon	November 2004	Recorded via Vartec long distance company.
951	California	Verizon	November 2004	The call was made via the YAK Communications long distance company. This is FOUR recordings in one. The first two are from two Verizon tandems in the region, the third is probably from YAK, and the last one is from my local phone company, as the call kept "cranking back" to my local central office.

Area Code Warning Recordings - Local Telephone Companies

A rarely used system whereby callers calling the old area code during the permissive period of an area code split are reminded to dial the new area code the next time they call.

Area Code 450 - Quebec (Bell Canada 1998)
This is four recordings in one. The first set is a "warning" instructing the caller to dial this number next time as Area Code 450 instead of Area Code 514. The second set is the test number recording for Area Code 450. Both sets are French, then English.

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