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Wisconsin residents will need 10 digits to make local calls

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin residents will have to dial 10 digits to make local calls starting this fall.

Right now people in Wisconsin can place a call to a number in the same area code without dialing the area code. Beginning Oct. 23 people will need to include the area code in all calls, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Friday.

The change will affect both landlines and cellphones across all six of Wisconsin’s area codes, including 262, 414, 534, 608, 715 and 920.

The change comes about because the Federal Communications Commission is establishing 988 as the new, nationwide phone number for suicide prevention and mental health help. Two dozen other states that have not switched to 10-digit dialing also will be affected.

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  1. Steve Fisher

    March 13, 2021 at 3:15 pm

    Are you serious?

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