Ask HN: What is a good Silicon Valley area code?

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I'm setting up a Skype In number. Since the service isn't available in Canada, I figure to set up an American number and I might as well go for one in the Silicon Valley area.

Are there any suggestions for which area code is a good one? I don't want to inadvertently pick one that might have a negative connotation to it.

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Just don't get one from East Bay.

415 = San Francisco, this one is pretty good

650 = Palo Alto, also very good

408 = San Jose, which is decent

Do people consider 415 (San Francisco proper) part of Silicon Valley?

I always thought he Valley referred to the cities in the actual valley south of SF. No?

Depends where you're from, I think. People in the Bay Area make more distinctions, but I don't think people elsewhere do. When I lived in Texas, I tended to think of "Silicon Valley" as a generic term for "Bay-Area tech industry", and probably would've included not only SF, but also places like Scotts Valley (Seagate) and San Rafael (formerly Lucasarts) as edge cases.

Thanks. I went with 650.

212 all the way.

Oh, wait.

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