202 is the North American telephone area code for Washington, D.C. It was one of the area codes originally assigned in October 1947.
As of 2009, there are no plans to overlay the area code, as the North American Numbering Plan Administration estimates the current supply of 202 numbers sufficient at least to the year 2019.[1] For a local call between two telephones in the District, 7-digit dialing is permitted, although the call will be connected if the area code is dialed. There is, of course, no provision for long-distance calls within the area code.[2]
Originally, area code 202 was an unpublished alternate area code for the nearby suburbs in Maryland and Virginia, which were officially in area codes 301 and 703, respectively. That arrangement allowed local calls throughout the metropolitan area to be dialed using only seven digits. For example, a telephone number in Kensington, Maryland, that was officially 301-949-xxxx could be dialed as 202-949-xxxx as well. However, on October 1, 1990, due to pending number exhaustion, the ability to dial the suburbs using area code 202 ended (to start allowing previously-impossible prefix duplications), and local calls between area codes required 10-digit dialing (area code + number, leading "1" is not required and is usually not allowed).
This number is coming up as one of 52 calling numbers from the American Institute for Cancer Research or AICR. That is not what my caller ID says. Could they be doing political polling on the side or recently given up that paticular number? I'd hate to be frustrated at the American Cancer Research folks if it is not them, but whoever it is is rude.
Number: 202-870-5957
Area: Hyattsville, DC
Search Date: Sat Jul 31 2010
Search Time: 12:20:48 PM
Line Type: Land Line
Data: ReversePhoneDetective.com
I am not really doing anything to stop these jerks from calling me, but I am having fun researching them and posting it on here. And if it is a landline we can call them back after the election and bug them.
I have received three calls today from this number. I finally answered and the man did not say "hey, how ya doing," or anything...first thing out of this mouth was "who are you voting for," and he named off a few candidates. I asked him to not call again. Bet I get another call in another 20 minutes.