Area code 334

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title: "Area code 334" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["telecommunications-related-introductions-in-1995", "area-codes-in-alabama", "area-codes-in-the-united-states"] description: "Area code in southeastern Alabama, United States" topic_path: "engineering" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_334" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Area code in southeastern Alabama, United States ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Area_code_334.svg" caption="Southeastern Alabama numbering plan area 334"] ::

Area code 334 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for southeastern Alabama. It was created on January 15, 1995, in an area code split of area code 205, in which the Montgomery and Mobile Local Access and Transport Areas (LATAs) received the new code.{{cite web |url=https://www.nanpa.com/sites/default/files/planning_letters/IL-94-01-033.pdf |title=Information Letter IL-94-01-033: NANP-Split of 205 (Alabama) Numbering Plan Area (NPA) |publisher=NANPA/Bellcore |date=1994-01-26 |access-date=2026-01-18 |last=Diel |first =Stan |title=Ma Bell gives time to adjust to new code |work=The Birmingham News |pages=B1 |date=1994-12-15

The numbering plan area was the southern half of Alabama, comprising the Montgomery, Auburn-Opelika, and Dothan metropolitan areas, as well as Phenix City, and the Alabama side of the Columbus, Georgia metro area.

In 2001, the southwestern part of the numbering plan area was split off with Area code 251, including Mobile.

Area code 334 was the first interchangeable NPA code, not having the middle digit of 0 or 1, officially preceding Washington area code 360 by one minute.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nanpa.com/sites/default/files/planning_letters/IL-94-01-029.pdf |title=Information Letter IL94-01-029: NANP-Split of 206 (Washington State) Numbering Plan Area (NPA) |publisher=NANPA/Bellcore |date=1994-01-21 |access-date=2026-01-18

NANPA projections in 2023 suggested an impending exhaustion of central office codes in southeastern Alabama by early 2026. On March 5, 2024 the Alabama Public Service Commission approved an all-services distributed overlay with the new area code 483 for relief with an in-service date of February 26, 2026.{{cite web |url=https://www.nanpa.com/sites/default/files/planning_letters/PL-626.pdf |title=NPA 483 and 334 All-Services Overlay (Alabama) |publisher=NANPA |date=2024-05-07 |access-date=2025-03-25 |url=https://psc.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/NEW-483-AREA-CODE-ANNOUNCED-FOR-CENTRAL_SOUTHEAST-ALABAMA.pdf |date=2024-03-21 |publisher=Alabama Public Service Commission |title=NEW 483 AREA CODE ANNOUNCED FOR CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST ALABAMA |access-date=2024-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401224437/https://psc.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/NEW-483-AREA-CODE-ANNOUNCED-FOR-CENTRAL_SOUTHEAST-ALABAMA.pdf |archive-date=2024-04-01}} For customer education, permissive ten-digit dialing was scheduled for the period from July 23, 2025 to January 23, 2026, after which ten-digit dialing became mandatory.

References

References

1. Lowry, Bob. (2009-03-04). "Flex your fingers for 10-digit dialing in 2010". [[The Huntsville Times]].
2. (2021-04-21). "2022-1 NRUF and NPA Exhaust Analysis". NANPA.

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