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Presumably if they have the number to text to, they already roughly know the geolocation for most people, through the area code.
by daenz 5y ago
Presumably if they have the number to text to, they already roughly know the geolocation for most people, through the area code.
- jhugo 5y agoOnly in the US (or whole NANP?) Mobile numbers are non-geographic everywhere else that I know of.
- eru 5y agoWell, depends. For example, Singapore's numbers are 'non-geographic' in that sense. But Singapore itself is small enough.
- jhugo 5y agoI mean non-geographic within the country. As far as I know, the US practice of assigning mobile numbers to 'area codes' is unique.
- eru 5y agoYes. I was broadly agreeing with you. Just saying that some countries are small enough that it's essentially the same.
- elkos 5y agoGreek here, mobile phones are non-geographic but used to be service provider specific, but even this practice isn't applicable due to number portability. Landlines used to be geographic but this isn't relevant any more again new to number portability.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoThat’s not what I’m talking about. And since number portability and mobile devices became possible, area codes are mostly irrelevant. For example, I’ve lived 2000 miles from the area code of my phone number for probably 10 years now.
- daenz 5y agoThey're not mostly irrelevant. 72% of Americans live in or close to the city that they grew up in. Area code is remarkably accurate.
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