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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Commerce Commission issued an order |
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| in April, 2005
establishing an "overlay" of a new 730 area code |
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| to supplement the telephone
number supply in Illinois' 618 area |
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| code; 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, Wireless portability went into effect in |
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| November, 2003; customers
may now port their wireless number |
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| from one carrier to another and may also
port their land line |
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| number to a wireless carrier; with the advent of inter-modal
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| portability, the line of distinction between "wireless" and |
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| "wire line" numbering
resources was erased and, with it, the |
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| viability of a "wireless only" overlay; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1996, Ameritech Illinois (now SBC) proposed to |
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| the FCC an area
code overlay for wireless telephones;
and
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| WHEREAS, The State of Pennsylvania (in 1998) and the |
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| Citizens Utility Board
(in Illinois in 2001) petitioned the FCC |
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| for a waiver of 11-digit dialing in an
overlay environment; 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 Commission is potentially
reconsidering its area code |
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| policies;
and
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| WHEREAS, Implementing a new area code in the 618 overlay |
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| for only new
wireless telephone subscribers would relieve |
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| current telephone subscribers
within the 618 area code from the |
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| need for 11-digit dialing; therefore, be it
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