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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Commerce Commission issued an order |
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| in April of 2005 establishing an "overlay" of a new area code |
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| to supplement the telephone number supply in Illinois' 618 area |
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| code; the new code is 730; and
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| WHEREAS, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) |
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| currently requires
11-digit dialing when an overlay area code |
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| is implemented; and
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| WHEREAS, The FCC's 11-digit dialing mandate is a needless |
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| inconvenience for
residential and business consumers; and
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| WHEREAS, Residents in the 618 region would be able to |
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| continue dialing 7
digits for all local calls if the FCC were |
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| to change its policy on mandatory
11-digit dialing in an |
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| overlay situation; and
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| WHEREAS, The FCC's mandatory 11-digit dialing policy could |
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| soon affect all
the residents of Illinois, as the phone |
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| industry claims that every area code in
the State will be out |
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| of phone numbers by 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, On December 29, 2001, the FCC reversed its |
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| long-standing opposition
to wireless-only overlays, signaling |
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| that the agency is potentially
reconsidering its area code |
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| policies; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we urge the Federal Communications Commission to grant a |
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| permanent waiver of the 11-digit dialing mandate for the 618 |
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| region and to change its policy on overlay area codes; and be |
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| it further
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