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What is the longest possible phone number?
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has established a comprehensive numbering plan, designated E. 164, for uniform interoperability of the networks of its member state or regional administrations. It is an open numbering plan, however, imposing a maximum length of 15 digits to telephone numbers.
Which country has the shortest phone numbers?
Albania
Telephone numbers in Albania
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Country | Albania |
| Continent | Europe |
| Regulator | AKEP |
| Type | Open |
Why are there no 555 phone numbers?
“555” is an exchange number commonly thought to be reserved by the phone companies for use by TV and movies in order to prevent prank phone calls to real people. In fact, only 555-0100 through 555-0199 are now specifically reserved for fictional use, and the other numbers have been released for actual assignment.
How many phone numbers would it take to run out?
This means, given the current population, you have to give out about 29 numbers to each person to run out. As for when the US will run out of phone numbers, the expected population in 2050 is only 438 million [1].
How many phone numbers can you have in the US?
, works at Yahoo! With ten digits, assuming a non-zero first digit, you can have 9,000,000,000 phone numbers. The population of the US (2012) is 313.9 million, or 313,900,000. This means, given the current population, you have to give out about 29 numbers to each person to run out.
Are We in danger of running out of numbers?
To answer the question directly, no, we’re not in danger of running out of numbers, however we have well less than 50\% of our assignable numbers left. If you were to look at this from a network address perspective, anything over 40\% use isn’t that great of a spot to be in – especially when you have nowhere to go.
How many possible phone number combinations are there?
There are 10 Digits in a US phone number. Each Digit has a possibility for 10 combinations 0-9, and order matters. This means that there are 10^10 possible phone number combinations 10,000,000,000 or 10 billion possible numbers. Unfortunately this is not exactly true.