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1+209 dialing required for calls
• Part of area code relief plan ordered by the FCC
Cell phone 209
Most cell phones automatically add the 1 in front of dialed area codes, but some people may also need to manually enter the 1 first before the remaining 10 digits.
Ceres residents — and everyone else in the 209 area code — now have to use 10-digit numbers, and sometimes a 1 before that, to place calls and texts as of last Sunday, as part of an area code relief plan.