BIG changes in dialing phones in CR

Starting at midnight March 20, 2008, all Costa Rican phone numbers will have an extra digit added, as the nation transitions from the current seven digit numbers to eight. The change, causes everyone to place a ‘2’ in front of all land line numbers and an ‘8’ in front of all cell phone numbers. (All cells start with a ‘3’ or ‘8’. Land lines start with a ‘2’, ‘4’, ‘5’, ‘6’ or ‘7’)
Costa Rica’s monopoly for electricity, telephones and internet is called ICE (pronounced with a long EEEEE followed by ‘say’). This change in how many numbers are dialed is ICE’s way to meet the growing need for new phone numbers. They have opted for the eight-digit number instead of adding another area code. I wonder how long this temporary ‘fix’ will work???
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