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I was listening to a Weird Al song about prank calls and realized you can’t really do them anymore now. Also it was funny that he mentioned dialing 7 digit numbers instead of 10

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[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

we got a second area code on top of our existing one and had to start 10-digit dialing something like 15 years ago.

to this day i have yet to encounter anyone with a phone number in that new area code. even the scammers that spoof their cid don't use that new area code.

before the switch we could 7-digit dial for 40 miles around us, even across an area code boundary. and, tbh i'd rather have had to switch to a new area code and kept the 7 digit dialing than have to deal with the 10 digit bullshit. it just seems so out of place here in the boonies, hours away from, well, pretty much everything.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Here in West Virginia the entire state was one area code until some time in the early aughts. I had the opposite experience though it seemed like everyone who got a new phone plan got a number with the new area code so I saw it a lot.

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