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					Originally Posted by  Morrigoon
					 
				 
				I don't understand why we don't just go to an 8-digit phone number like France does. 
			
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 Because anything France does (with the possible exception of wine and bike races) is stupid.
But I think a wiser way to go at this point would be to make every phone number a 10 digit number (making the area code a permanent, non-optional part of every number) and work from there.