08-24-2008 at 07:35 PM
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Hamilton Area Code?
Hey, I've recently bought a cellphone and I set the area code to Hamilton, which is 289, but from some of the threads and especially in the contact section of Mac website, the area code was shown to be 905.
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08-24-2008 at 07:44 PM
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Both are area codes used in Hamilton
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08-24-2008 at 08:11 PM
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i think 905 is more common though... by alot.
ive lived in hamilton for 8 years.. and i didnt even know we used 289 until like last year. haha.
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08-24-2008 at 08:12 PM
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I've noticed 905 is more common for landlines and most newer cell phones have 289
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08-24-2008 at 08:21 PM
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I've noticed 905 is more common for landlines and most newer cell phones have 289
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i kinda like 289.. its distinguishes us from western toronto suburbs. =] |
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08-24-2008 at 08:29 PM
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any place that has a 905 area code, can have a 289 one as well. they just created 289 cause they ran out of 905 numbers.
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08-24-2008 at 08:59 PM
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any place that has a 905 area code, can have a 289 one as well. they just created 289 cause they ran out of 905 numbers.
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oh well that makes everything more confusing. =/ |
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08-24-2008 at 09:09 PM
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yea a lil bit, but like you can still get 905 numbers cause when i called fido last week about this, the number that i got they said has never been used by anyone aha. its just like new cell phones and ppl that choose to that get a 289 number
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08-24-2008 at 09:22 PM
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yea a lil bit, but like you can still get 905 numbers cause when i called fido last week about this, the number that i got they said has never been used by anyone aha. its just like new cell phones and ppl that choose to that get a 289 number
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yeah i signed up for fido too.. like a week ago.. and i got a 905 luckily. btw, fido's customer service was crap. it took me like 4 hours just to activate my phone and get started.. i couldnt understand the person for half the time. =[ |
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08-24-2008 at 09:29 PM
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yea man, they're customer service is garbage. and i find that everytime i call them i get some francophone person on the other line that can barely speak english ahah, trying to screw over the english speaking population.
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08-24-2008 at 10:10 PM
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yea man, they're customer service is garbage. and i find that everytime i call them i get some francophone person on the other line that can barely speak english ahah, trying to screw over the english speaking population.
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really? i get indian people ALL the time... in varying degrees of accents. |
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08-24-2008 at 10:23 PM
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You know what sucks? My home (as in Pickering home) is 905 but so is my cell here... and yet I still get long distance charges.... jerks.
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08-24-2008 at 10:27 PM
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You know what sucks? My home (as in Pickering home) is 905 but so is my cell here... and yet I still get long distance charges.... jerks.
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its trickery!! they might as well separate hamilton from the 905... how many countless victims must suffer under the 905 regime?!? |
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08-24-2008 at 10:37 PM
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its trickery!! they might as well separate hamilton from the 905... how many countless victims must suffer under the 905 regime?!?
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I agree! I think we should all boycott it... although how we'd manage to do that I have NO idea! 
Could you picture people yelling into their phones "NO! I will NOT enter the area code first followed by the 7 digit phone number damn you!"
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08-24-2008 at 11:11 PM
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I agree! I think we should all boycott it... although how we'd manage to do that I have NO idea!
Could you picture people yelling into their phones "NO! I will NOT enter the area code first followed by the 7 digit phone number damn you!" |
lol. they would run out of operators! phones would be in complete turmoil! i like it!  |
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