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Originally Posted by c_speed3108
The biggest problem in phone number usage is the growth of cell phones and other similar devices.
I work in an office with a line pool and each line has a number. The only time all but the first number ever gets dialed is when we need to test something. Most of the staff does not even know what the other numbers are.
It would actually be an interesting idea to move cell phones (and such) to separate area codes since they are not geographically tied at least in the conventional sense.
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I worked for a consulting firm in the Toronto area for years and at 17h00 the receptionist put the main # on the answering machine. However, people knew what the 2nd line # was and gave that # to their spouses etc, if they needed to get hold of them after 17h00. The company had about 12 incoming/outgoing lines, but only line 1 was on the company letterhead etc.
Now with LNP (local number portability) cell phone exchanges can be the same as regular land line exchanges (not sure if it is the other way around). In the UK all cell phone exchanges start with the prefix 07 I believe...it is a way to tell if you are calling a cell phone.
Cell phone exchanges are still tied to a geographic area...otherwise we would have no roaming or LD charges.
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