Hello mark!

28 Jun 18 10:51, you wrote to me:

 ml>  On 2018 Jun 26 13:57:08, you wrote to Tony Langdon:

 TL>>> Here it's provider dependent.  The traditional telcos still allow
 TL>>> local call dialing without the area code, but some VoIP providers
 TL>>> (like mine) insist on the full 10 digits.

 ....

 ml> important when out on the road traveling and you need to call a number you
 ml> call commonly but now you're in a different area code while making the
 ml> call... now it doesn't matter and you have to use the area code for
 ml> everything...

 We have a smaller population, so shortage of nombers is less of a problem.
 I know that companies could getr large blocks of numbers for their dialthru
 PBX, but later these were often split to accomodate others.

 Our cellphones do not have regional numbers, They are all in a separate
 groep, as are phones that charge for being called.

Kees

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