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FCC Considering 10-Digit Dialing [UPDATED]

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-I-can't-remember-my-number-anyway dept.

Ambiguo writes: "An article in today's LA Times is reporting today that tomorrow the FCC will begin considering switching to 10 digit phone numbers, starting as early as next month. There's a lot of opposition to it, especially since there was a large backlash when LA tried this a little while ago, but some say it's a stepping stone to the eventual 11 or 12 digit phone number of the future." Update: 12/06 4:33 PM by michael: The FCC is not going to switch us all to 10-digit numbers. Yet.

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  1. Hexidecimal by Hard_Code · · Score: 5

    So when will they be coming out with hexidecimal touchtone phones?

    "Family Steakhouse: phone DEADBEEF for reservations."

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  2. We've got it in Denver already by grappler · · Score: 5

    Denver has had this for over a year. Big deal.

    I think the phone companys should go straight to IPv6 and give every phone an IP address. Any kind of plan involving a single identifier to reach a person anywhere would be accomplished through creative use of DNS, and could involve actual names and words. The accounts themselves might possibly use a email-like name@provider kind of system. But I dream.


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  3. What I _REALLY_ would love to see is .. by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 5

    _ONE_ friggin number, that stays the same no matter where I move, and 2 spare digits on the end, so a cell, fax, pager, computer, all share a common number.

    i.e.

    AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-00 = phone
    AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-01 = cell
    AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-02 = fax
    AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-03 = pager
    AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-04 = computer

    We have the technology, so why aren't we more interested in making things easier for ourselves!

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