Area Code 919
Area code represents the first three numbers in a telephone number dialed from outside the state and is represented as NXX, where N can neither be "0" nor be "1". As per the NANPA protocol, the area code 919 serves all or partial of the 11 counties that exist within the north-central area of the state North Carolina. In the year 1950, area code 704 was split and area code 919 was formed. Back then, the area code 919 covered all of the eastern part of North Carolina, that is, from Wilmington to Winston Salem.
In years 1993 and 1998, the area code 919 got split and in turn created area codes 910 and 252 respectively. The counties covered are Alamance, Chatham, Duplin, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Orange, and Wake. The prime cities covered are Raleigh, Clayton, Durham, Morrisville, Cary and Chapel Hill, rural areas of Oxford and Goldsboro to the southeast. The other area codes in North Caroline state are 252, 336, 704, 828, 910 and 980.
The north-central part of North Carolina has been known as the hub for international business deals which in turn is bringing huge profits to the country. The entire credit for its accelerated development goes to the strong infrastructure of the region which includes excellent universities, superb road transport, air connections in the state, port access and above all the hardworking population in the state. This area also comprises of the "The Research Triangle" - anchored by cities Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. The median household income of the area is above USD 40K and population density is 166 people per square mile. The state's population, as in 2006, is 8.857 million people.
Some of the prime landline and wireless telecommunication carriers within the area code 919 are Level 3 Communications, Alltel Communications, Intermedia Communications N, United States Cellular Corp, Triton Pcs License Company, Sprint Spectrum, New Cingular wireless Pcs, Bellsouth Telecomm Inc, Verizon south Inc, Metrocall, Comscape Telecommunications, Mci Metro Ats, Itc Delta Com and Bellsouth Personal Communications.
From home phone service providers there are few key players. On the local phone service providers list there are Bellsouth, Embarq, Verizon, dPi and Alltel windstream. On the long distance phone service providers list, there are Bellsouth, Embarq, Verizon, Qwest and Opex. On the digital phone service provider's front, the key name is Time Warner cable and Vonage. Embarq provides local and long distance phone services and also provides high speed internet. Embarq covers key cities like Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Oxford and Goldsboro. Verizon has similar services as Embarq and has good coverage in cities like Durham, Morrisville and Highlands. Bellsouth At&T also has similar services but the coverage is in many more cities. With AT&T's local phone service, one gets not only local phone service, but also unlimited local calling, three-way calling, call return, caller ID, call waiting Id, and privacy director service. dPi teleconnect is a prepaid service and is tailored to meet your needs according to your budget. It also has very good coverage of area code 919 cities.