Public Service Commission takes step to keep the 406 area code as only one for Montana

Montanans love living in the “406,” but Montana could run out of 406 phone numbers by 2033. It’s not because all the numbers will be in use by far. Still, the clock is ticking on assigning a new ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

The 406 area code is running out of room, but a new strategy is likely to extend its life

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The looming threat of a second area code in Montana reared its controversial head again at ...
Missoulian

406 area code running out of numbers – but when?

HELENA – Don’t look now, but Montana’s 406 area code is scheduled to run out of numbers in five years – meaning our nearly 70-year status as a state with a single area code is coming to an end. Once ...
NBC Montana

Montanans react to 406 area code extension

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Montana will remain a one-area code state, for at least for a while. Federal regulators approved a plan to allow a more efficient system for handing out numbers with the 406 area code ...