{"id":3100,"date":"2021-05-11T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T04:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=3100"},"modified":"2021-10-11T10:20:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T17:20:24","slug":"10-digit-dialing-required-by-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/10-digit-dialing-required-by-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"10-digit dialing required by October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;re used to calling your neighbor or doctor by just dialing their 7-digit phone number &#8211; things are about to change. Beginning October 24, 2021 you must dial 10-digits to reach any number in the 775 area code &#8211; and most area codes in the United States. If you dial only 7-digits you will be instructed to hang-up and re-dial using the 10-digit phone number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The change is so that callers may reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing the 3-digit number &#8220;988&#8221; &#8211; similar to dialing &#8220;911&#8221; for local emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now is the time to start updating the phone numbers stored in your cell phone to the full 10-digit number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vibrant.org\/988\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/10-digit-dialing-required-by-october-2021\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Article\" title=\"Print This Article\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/10-digit-dialing-required-by-october-2021\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re used to calling your neighbor or doctor by just dialing their 7-digit phone number &#8211; things are about to change. Beginning October 24, 2021 you must dial 10-digits to reach any number in the 775 area code &#8211; and most area codes in the United States. If you dial only 7-digits you will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3100"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3149,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100\/revisions\/3149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}