• @[email protected]
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    161 year ago

    Easy access to phone numbers? Did they flash an amnesia light to make them forget how Arabic numerals work? Literally all you have to do is look at a phone book to see what the valid area codes and exchanges are then robodial away.

    • @EvacuateSoul
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      271 year ago

      In the article it’s pretty clear they mean US numbers to call from.

    • @datelmd5sum
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      11 year ago

      Couldn’t we just replace phone numbers with IPv6 addresses? Who the fuck uses a POTS landline these days?

      • Maeve
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        11 year ago

        Plenty of people for valid reasons, like people on home dialysis, breathing apparatus etc in a rural area that has problems staying on the grid during large storms or drivers hitting a power pole at the end of the nearest road.