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21-06-2013, 12:39
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21-06-2013, 12:51
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But it's an awful proposal. Let's see what Neelie Kroes proposes in September |
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23-06-2013, 17:15
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A system similar to the US might be sufficient, albeit it would probably be very hard to introduce? +3 (or +4) = EU (+appendages like Switzerland, Liechtenstein etc..., just like the US´s +1-system accomodates Canada, Puerto Rico, Bahamas etc...) 3 digits determine the area (aaa) 7 further digits are individual extensions (eeeeeeee) This way all EU (+appendages) #s could look like this: +3-aaa-eeeeeee 1000 areas of 10 million numbers each, altogether 10 billion #s. There are roughly 500m people in the proposed area, so that would leave ~20 numbers per person. If that´s not enough I don´t know. Especially since many crazy people (like me) who currently hoard multiple numbers wouldn´t have to do just that anymore. |
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23-06-2013, 17:21
I'd appreciate a similar proposal, but it would imply the change of ALL the existing telephone numbers.
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23-06-2013, 17:29
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Also it might bring some sense back into numbering plans: I´m originally from a town of 350.000 people (Bonn/Germany). When I learned what a phone is, numbers had 6 digits. That´s ~3 #s per individual. Later this was increased to 7 digits. Granted - faxes and offices... Maybe 3 #s per person is a little tight, but 30 per person must be enough... Nopes - new numbers were issued and now have 8 digits. That´s 100m #s (which could nearly accomodate all of China), or ~300 #s per individual. That´s just plain stoopid/unnecessary, or I´m getting above basic maths totally incorrect. |
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