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MATHA531 · 13-03-2007, 12:43

Andy...

I'm really not sure how one can distinguish between US landlines and US mobiles....they have exactly the same range of numbers and the FCC does not allow discrimination for one service over another.

Let me give you an example....area code 917 was introduced in NY and originally it was to be just for mobiles and pagers to relieve some of the pressure on 212 and 718....the FCC ruled this practice was illegal and now there are many landlines in the NYC area with area code 917...all the distinctions seem to be blurring....you can have a 347 area code number for your landline or for your mobile or for your voip number (the only thing difficult to get for any of these in the NYC area are 212 numbers!)....or am I missing something?

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	13-03-2007, 12:43 Andy... I'm really not sure how one can distinguish between US landlines and US mobiles....they have exactly the same range of numbers and the FCC does not allow discrimination for one service over another. Let me give you an example....area code 917 was introduced in NY and originally it was to be just for mobiles and pagers to relieve some of the pressure on 212 and 718....the FCC ruled this practice was illegal and now there are many landlines in the NYC area with area code 917...all the distinctions seem to be blurring....you can have a 347 area code number for your landline or for your mobile or for your voip number (the only thing difficult to get for any of these in the NYC area are 212 numbers!)....or am I missing something?