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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by MichaelBurge on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:19AM (#13408977)
Phone numbers work between phone companies. Are they administered by the government or other central organization? I wonder if you could own phone numbers if you bought them straight from the source.
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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by herbst on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:50AM (#13409088)
If affordable that would be interesting indeed. If i could own it on similar terms like a domain and just choose my provider, but still _own_ it for most part.

Right now it is usual that you can keep your number with other providers, but you still never actually own it.

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