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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2012/03/26/get-ready-for-10-digit-dialing/comment-page-1/#comment-66510 ct Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2012/03/26/get-ready-for-10-digit-dialing/#comment-66510 State regulators still require +1 dialing on landline calls beyond a local calling area so that people know when they are making a long-distance call. Grandpa and Grandma, who still have landlines, care about that. A surprising number of them don't have any kind of a long-distance calling plan. No wireless carrier, so far as I know, has ever imposed a +1 dialing requirement. And most of them went to mandatory 10-digit dialing a long time back. As for number exhaust in the 919 area code, the fact is that businesses, organizations, and governments have most of the numbers now. Those numbers aren't going away in the foreseeable future. The alternative to overlay area codes and mandatory 10-digit dialing for local numbers was to adopt 8-digit local telephone numbers. It could have been done 30 years ago before the explosion of wireless. The traditional 201-219, 301-319, etc area codes could have been retained. Tokyo, Paris, and London have done fine with 8-digit local numbers. You'd think we could have, too.

State regulators still require +1 dialing on landline calls beyond a local calling area so that people know when they are making a long-distance call. Grandpa and Grandma, who still have landlines, care about that. A surprising number of them don’t have any kind of a long-distance calling plan.

No wireless carrier, so far as I know, has ever imposed a +1 dialing requirement. And most of them went to mandatory 10-digit dialing a long time back.

As for number exhaust in the 919 area code, the fact is that businesses, organizations, and governments have most of the numbers now. Those numbers aren’t going away in the foreseeable future.

The alternative to overlay area codes and mandatory 10-digit dialing for local numbers was to adopt 8-digit local telephone numbers. It could have been done 30 years ago before the explosion of wireless. The traditional 201-219, 301-319, etc area codes could have been retained. Tokyo, Paris, and London have done fine with 8-digit local numbers. You’d think we could have, too.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2012/03/26/get-ready-for-10-digit-dialing/comment-page-1/#comment-66508 net poser Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:14:00 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2012/03/26/get-ready-for-10-digit-dialing/#comment-66508 In the end it all comes down to a number. Either an IP or a phone number. Maybe it's time for a DNS type of system for phone numbers? But once you assign a name to a number in your address book you don't have to worry about it anymore. And with no long distance charges for mobile services does it really matter what your phone number is?

In the end it all comes down to a number. Either an IP or a phone number. Maybe it’s time for a DNS type of system for phone numbers? But once you assign a name to a number in your address book you don’t have to worry about it anymore. And with no long distance charges for mobile services does it really matter what your phone number is?