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Area codes 954 and 754 are the telephone
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s in the
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(NANP) for
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. Notable cities in the numbering plan area are
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, Coral Springs, Deerfield Beach, Davie,
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, Dania Beach, Oakland Park and Pembroke Pines. Area code 954 went into service on September 11, 1995, in a split of
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, which was the original and sole area code for Florida in 1947, when
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created the first nationwide
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. In 1995, Broward County had used 305 for 48 years, and numerous splits over the years had made 305 more or less coextensive with the
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–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
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(NANPA) announced on December 4, 2000, an area code
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for relief, assigning area code 754 to the same territory in Broward County. The area code was activated on August 1, 2001 and began use on April 1, 2002. As the overlay plan required,
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became mandatory in Broward. As 954 exchanges are exhausted, new numbers use area code 754.


See also

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List of Florida area codes This is a list of area codes in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2022, Florida is serviced with twenty telephone area codes, having reserved two additional codes in planning stages. When the first nationwide telephone numbering plan was introdu ...
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List of NANP area codes The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) divides the territories of its members into geographic numbering plan areas (NPAs). Each NPA is identified by one or more numbering plan area codes (''NPA codes'', or ''area codes''), consisting of three di ...


References


External links


List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 754 Area Code


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