Alabama’s new 483 area code overlay will go into effect Feb. 23.
The overlay covers the 334 area code and covers Selma, Montgomery, Prattville, Pike Road,Tuskegee, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Eufaula, Dothan, Enterprise, Troy, Greenville and a large area of central and southeast Alabama.
According to Caleb Hicks, Alabama Public Service Commission communications and PR manager, the 334 area code is expected to exhaust its supply of numbers sometime during the third quarter of this year. Hicks said instead of splitting the existing 334 area code into different geographical areas, an area code overlay will be used. Area code overlays allow customers in the overlay to keep their existing phone number and new telephone numbers will be issued with the 483 area code. The PSC approved the new 483 area code overlay on March 6, 2024…