"This call cannot be completed as dialed." That’s the discouraging message some New Yorkers will start hearing in the coming weeks if they don’t know the new requirements for placing a local telephone ...

Beginning Oct. 24, residents with 607 area code phone numbers and four other area codes in the state will have to dial the three-digit area code when making a call. Calls made with just seven digits ...

The 607 area code is huge, consisting of either part or all of 12 counties in Upstate NY. It is a mostly rural area (hence the number of diners represented here), with only a smattering of large ...