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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/09/19 05:34, Colin Smale wrote:<br>
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<p>On 2019-09-25 21:19, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:</p>
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monospace">before number portability was introduced, a
landline was more connected to a place than to a
person/business, while mobile phones always have been
personal. Big companies may be different, but places with
small businesses often keep the number when the tenant
changes.<br>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family:
monospace">That is a sweeping generalisation. Small businesses,
and individuals, are often able to take their number with them
when moving address. These days you can even take geographic
numbers to different areas in some cases. The current situation
in the areas I am aware of (W. Europe) is that the geographic
indication that may be given by a certain prefix is of
ever-decreasing value, and that the distinction between landline
and mobile numbers is also blurring. These days it is simply a
number.</div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family:
monospace">Be careful, as I am, not to project the situation in
your personal environment onto the rest of the world.</div>
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<tt>In Australia most, if not all, landlines will not process SMS
calls. They may not take video calls, etc. </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Most mobile (cell) phones will process SMS, photos,
documents and video information. </tt><tt><br>
The ability to identify phones that have SMS, etc capabilities may
be desired. <br>
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</tt><tt>Fortunately cell phones in Australia have a prefix of 04
that identifies them as cell phones, I think if called
internationally that gives a +61 4 xx xxx xxx number. Not certain
if that works but it follows the usually rules here for
intentional calls. <br>
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Landline numbers used to be fixed to some address. These days the
number can be taken by the subscriber to another address (if they
stay within the same area code, outside that the number may
already be in use). <br>
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