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From: ijk@violin.att.com (Ihor J Kinal)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Another Thought on 8-digit Phone Numbers
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Date: 1 Dec 89 21:48:54 GMT
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Somewhere I was told that the phone company [MA BELL] did studies in
the distant past, and found that people remember 7 digits much better
than 8.  Consequently, any conversion would have to take that into
account.  {Although SSNs are longer, how many people have memorized
more than one ?? [e.g., their spouses].  Whereas I can easily recite
several phone numbers. }

Ihor Kinal
cbnewsh!ijk
<standard disclaimer - I'm a software person, not a telephony expert.
Even though I work at Bell Labs, I did NOT hear this here, but elsewhere.
What the official ATT position on this issue is, I have no idea>