That way they could enter a real phone number of forms that insisted on one. In my (non-hearing impaired) world, that's what pay phones are for. If your site

That way they could enter a real phone number of forms that insisted on one. In my (non-hearing impaired) world, that's what pay phones are for. If your site insists on a phone number, then you get to talk to somebody who has, presumably out of sheer boredom, picked up the phone in front of the 7-11 at the corner of NE 42nd and Pine.