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Re:Apple Built A SIM Card That Lets You Switch Between AT&T,... by Ntrails on Friday October 17, 2014 @08:59AM (#8470681)
Slightly unrelated but I find the idea of a mobile phone sharing an area code with landlines utterly bewildering. A phone, that by definition has no fixed abode, is now tied to a location and subject to long distance charges based on that location (As it was explained to me in Canada at least).
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Re:Apple Built A SIM Card That Lets You Switch Between AT&T,... by lanaius on Friday October 17, 2014 @04:10PM (#8473074)
In a time when mobile phones were scarce, putting them on a local area code ensures that a large portion of their usage (calling to and from landlines within a geographic space that actually IS limited) doesn't require additional long distance charges for everyone. These days it may seem like a quirk, but really what 20-year-old technology decision doesn't?
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