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Subject: Re: texst to a landline
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 20:11:49 -0500
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On 1/3/2025 4:41 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> In countries like mine, you can know by looking at the first digit if a 
> phone number is landline or mobile. But not in the north american 
> continent.
> 

   That's a good idea. Phone numbers mean almost nothing in
the US anymore. Anyone can get any area code, which is the
first 3 numbers. At this point I no longer pick up for "local"
calls because they're probably not local. If it doesn't show
the name of someone I know then I let the answering
machine get it. Unfortunately, most people with cellphones
have not registered for Caller ID, and I don't store numbers in
my phone. It's not worth the trouble to have speed dialing.
So I only recognize a small number of callers.