• llama@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Easy access to phone numbers? Did they flash an amnesia light to make them forget how Arabic numerals work? Literally all you have to do is look at a phone book to see what the valid area codes and exchanges are then robodial away.

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      1 year ago

      Couldn’t we just replace phone numbers with IPv6 addresses? Who the fuck uses a POTS landline these days?

      • Maeve@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Plenty of people for valid reasons, like people on home dialysis, breathing apparatus etc in a rural area that has problems staying on the grid during large storms or drivers hitting a power pole at the end of the nearest road.