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This is why phone numbers are 7 digits long: xxx-xxxx. Then, add another "chunk" for the area code: (xxx) xxx-xxxx.
by joshuaheard 9y ago
This is why phone numbers are 7 digits long: xxx-xxxx. Then, add another "chunk" for the area code: (xxx) xxx-xxxx.
- isostatic 9y agoPhone numbers are 11 digits long, usually split into 5 and 6, but sometimes 4/7 or 3/8, and even 6/5 and 7/4. Not that anyone remembers phone numbers nowadays.
- aidenn0 9y agoIt was even shorter before when the exchange was represented with a word and a number (e.g. KLondike 5 for 555).