In the first half of 2007, bank buyers have been dialing area code 817 -- a lot. Four of the dozen Texas bank acquisitions announced before June 30 involved banks in the Fort Worth area.

Other Texas area code overlay regions include 512/737 (Austin), 430/903 (Northeastern Texas), 682/817 (western Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex), 214/469/972 (eastern Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex ...

It's unfair." According to a report released by YouMail, a private telecom company that monitors these numbers, the two DFW area codes hit the hardest are 214 and 817. But what comes in also goes out.

It's not just you. The 214 and 817 area codes rank among the highest in the nation in the number of robocalls received, according to the Robocall Index by Youmail. In May, on average 55 robocalls ...

This will be the sixth area code to be put into use in North Texas where area codes 214, 817, 682, 469 and 972 have all been in use for some time. The new area code will encompass the metropolitan ...