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Most major metro areas in the US no longer support seven digit dialing.

creeble 3y ago
And I love how they call it "10-digit calling" even though it generally requires 11 digits (or 11 button presses on cell).
- Scoundreller 3y ago
  Huh? You don’t if it’s a “local” call. Probably more of a US thing where mobile phone long-distance charges went the way of the dodo a long time ago. But they’re still very much a thing in Canada and just starting to die off.
- caturopath 3y ago
  I'm not sure I follow. Obviously cell phones and cordless phones have a talk button, but that's not very digitlike. When I operate a landline, I just enter ten digits: 9095551212. Are you implying a leading 1 would be necessary? IME, it isn't for local 'ten digit dialing'.
  - giantrobot 3y ago
    The 909 area code? What, are you buying meth?
    - DonHopkins 3y ago
      411 on the 909: https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/909/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/909/
- lxgr 3y ago
  And even more if you count the taps/swipes to unlock the screen! So people generally don't.
Scoundreller 3y ago
Sometimes it’s just implied. At the pizza place where our cabin is (ok, it’s like a 25 minutes drive), you can just give them your last 4 numbers and they assume the rest.
- readthenotes1 3y ago
  Up until the 1980s my great-grandparents lived in the town where they only used four digits for all local calls. It was pretty nice, they tell me
- ThrowAway1922A 3y ago
  > Sometimes it’s just implied. Like in Nova Scotia/PEI. Technically there are two area codes, but no one actually knows what the second one is. The other one is undesirable because if people see it they often won't even answer, assuming it's scam or such. That's how unknown it still is 902 was introduced in 1947, making it one of the first area codes used in Canada and it's been completely ingrained in the region since then. The second was only introduced in 2014.
  - bobthepanda 3y ago
    That’s interesting. In the US spam calling is so prolific I assume anyone using my area code is a spammer spoofing. Though it helps that I don’t live where I got the phone number anymore.

And I love how they call it "10-digit calling" even though it generally requires 11 digits (or 11 button presses on cell).

Scoundreller 3y ago
Huh? You don’t if it’s a “local” call. Probably more of a US thing where mobile phone long-distance charges went the way of the dodo a long time ago. But they’re still very much a thing in Canada and just starting to die off.
caturopath 3y ago
I'm not sure I follow. Obviously cell phones and cordless phones have a talk button, but that's not very digitlike. When I operate a landline, I just enter ten digits: 9095551212. Are you implying a leading 1 would be necessary? IME, it isn't for local 'ten digit dialing'.
- giantrobot 3y ago
  The 909 area code? What, are you buying meth?
  - DonHopkins 3y ago
    411 on the 909: https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/909/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/909/
lxgr 3y ago
And even more if you count the taps/swipes to unlock the screen! So people generally don't.

Scoundreller 3y ago

Sometimes it’s just implied. At the pizza place where our cabin is (ok, it’s like a 25 minutes drive), you can just give them your last 4 numbers and they assume the rest.

readthenotes1 3y ago
Up until the 1980s my great-grandparents lived in the town where they only used four digits for all local calls. It was pretty nice, they tell me
ThrowAway1922A 3y ago
> Sometimes it’s just implied. Like in Nova Scotia/PEI. Technically there are two area codes, but no one actually knows what the second one is. The other one is undesirable because if people see it they often won't even answer, assuming it's scam or such. That's how unknown it still is 902 was introduced in 1947, making it one of the first area codes used in Canada and it's been completely ingrained in the region since then. The second was only introduced in 2014.
- bobthepanda 3y ago
  That’s interesting. In the US spam calling is so prolific I assume anyone using my area code is a spammer spoofing. Though it helps that I don’t live where I got the phone number anymore.