Re: A really good point against Mike Nolan's idea

[Stephanie da Silva]

> >the people who philosophise about 
> >the future of the phone system predict that they could run COMPLETELY out 
> >of 7 digit numbers in less than 15 years, forcing a shift to 8 or 9 digits 

The area where I live (Houston) went to mandatory 10 digit dialing
about six months ago.  That's area code + 7 digit phone number for
local calls.  (I hear it's the cell phones and pagers that are using
up all the phone numbers)

> Hello...  Europe has variable length phone numbers.  

So does Australia.