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Why does it change? In my experience most people keep their first cell phone number for their entire lives. Area codes are indicative of nothing, except where
by superuser2 10y ago
Why does it change? In my experience most people keep their first cell phone number for their entire lives. Area codes are indicative of nothing, except where you lived in 2005 [1].
[1] https://xkcd.com/1129/ https://xkcd.com/1129/
- GeneralTspoon 10y agoIf you move internally within a country, sure. But when you actually move country, you'll need to get a new sim (or be charged roaming fees). I live in Europe, and I've had 4 different phone numbers in the past 3 years.
- dr_hooo 10y agoChanging counties comes to mind.
- detaro 10y agoOver here (Germany) it commonly costs 30 bucks to transfer a phone number to another provider, at least if you are on cheap plans.
- hobarrera 10y agoNot everyone lives in the US. Here's how this affects me: * If I lose my phone, I've permanently lost my number. * Long-distance calls are a lot more expensive (about 5-10x as much). * Switch companies? Number lost again. I've had about 5-6 mobile numbers since during the last decade.
- kevincox 10y agoI went to school and got a new number because a lot of my friends didn't have free province-wide calling and I'm about to move from Canada to Europe. So for me this is a particular concern at the moment.