Area code 671

The area code 671 is the local telephone area code of the United States territory of Guam. It was created in 1997, replacing Guam's previous country code 671.

Origins

Prior to 1997, callers from the rest of the United States had to dial '011-671' and then the seven-digit telephone number to reach Guam, similar to international calls. As international calling rates began to fall in the more competitive destination countries during the 1990s, it became a considerable financial burden for people on the United States mainland to place calls to the United States territory of Guam, especially for those who were stationed in United States military bases there.

Cost of domestic calls

After Guam was added to the North American Numbering Plan, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulated calls to and from Guam as "domestic", hence dramatically lowering the cost of these telephone calls. This change also opened up national toll-free numbers (as of April 2015, area codes 800, 888, 877, 866, 855 and 844) to callers from Guam, which became very popular with the advent of prepaid phone cards.

However, since no U.S. national mobile telephone carriers have a presence on Guam, cellular calls into Guam are not necessarily considered "domestic" or within the definition of "nationwide long distance".

Cost of international calls

The FCC's regulation of Guam as "domestic" has no legal effect for telephone carriers outside the United States, for whom Guam is often not a competitive destination. Therefore, calls from other countries inbound to Guam can still be relatively expensive, especially compared to outbound calls from Guam since Guam is now open to the U.S.-based phone card market through toll-free access.

Dialing

Within Guam, only the seven-digit phone number is necessary. When a person in Guam calls anywhere in the United States or Canada, one simply dials "1" and then the area code and phone number. For callers in the U.S. or Canada calling to Guam, one first dials '1-671', followed by the seven-digit phone number.

Prefixes

With a population of less than 200,000, ^[1] the number of prefixes on Guam is limited.

Here is a list of landline prefixes on Guam and their associated geographic locations:

3XX: U.S. Military
47X: Hagåtña, Agana Heights, Asan-Maina, Piti, Chalan-Pago-Ordot, Mongmong-Toto-Maite
56X: Agat, Santa Rita
63X: Dededo
64X: Tamuning
65X: Yigo
73X: Mangilao, Barrigada
789: Yona, Talofofo
828: Merizo, Inarajan, Umatac
969: Marianas CableVision's "MCV Phone"

References

↑ http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/census_2000/cb01cn174.html

Guam area codes: 671
	North: 670
West: Pacific Ocean	area code 671	East: Pacific Ocean, 808
	South: Pacific Ocean, country code +691 in Federated States of Micronesia
Hawaii area codes: 808
Northern Mariana Islands area codes: 670

Lists of area codes in the North American Numbering Plan

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Oceania	American Samoa Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Guam

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Telephone numbers in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

Coordinates: 13°26′37.2″N 144°47′37.4″E / 13.443667°N 144.793722°E / 13.443667; 144.793722

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