Mrother, it's the same in the States, except with mobile phones and what they call "Area Code Overlays" (two area codes within the same geo area) 10 digits is the wave of the [near] future. When you're number is in one of those two area codes you must dial the area code even if you're calling your nextdoor neighbor.
Interestingly, I had heard that the human brain can only remember 7 numbers. Industrial designers have known this for years. So they try to design new gizmos with not more than seven buttons (cell phones an exception I guess).
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Jeff @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM
Mrother, it's the same in the States, except with mobile phones and what they call "Area Code Overlays" (two area codes within the same geo area) 10 digits is the wave of the [near] future. When you're number is in one of those two area codes you must dial the area code even if you're calling your nextdoor neighbor.
Interestingly, I had heard that the human brain can only remember 7 numbers. Industrial designers have known this for years. So they try to design new gizmos with not more than seven buttons (cell phones an exception I guess).