Roby Brock’s Talk Business brings news of a possibly unwelcome sign of growth in Arkansas. It seems the supply of phone numbers in the 870 area code is about to be exhausted. Rather than a new area code, mutliple phone companies have proposed a plan to the PSC that would add a three-digit calling code to 870 numbers. Public hearings will be held, etc.

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