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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
That's a little under 8 billion, actually. If each area code has just under 8 million, and there are ~1000 possible area codes (000-999, give or take due to reserved digits), then ~8 million * ~1000 = ~8 billion.
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Man, I am just sucking out loud at math lately.
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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
Basically, there are several efficiencies gained by keeping phone numbers grouped geographically by an area code, and no real advantage to ending that practice.
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Kinda what I was trying to get at, but you 'splained it better.