Google – The power of area code 406 (Montana)

Google Voice, the Internet giant’s increasingly popular attempt at reinventing telephony, has acquired an untold number of Montana phone numbers to power its innovative technology.

The service, which Google launched on a limited basis in March 2009 and opened to the public about six weeks ago, employs 406 phone numbers as intermediaries used for placing phone calls and sending text messages.

"The 406 area code is a fitting choice," Google’s Randall Sarafa tells the Indy via e-mail, "because the area code spells G-O-O, a bit of word play on ‘Google.’"

by Matthew Frank

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