# North America running out of phone numbers?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-america-running-out-of-phone-numbers/962187 "2022-04-03T14:21:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-america-running-out-of-phone-numbers/962187/6 "2022-04-03T14:48:52Z")

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IIRC we already discussed this last year, in a thread in which you yourself participated: [Phone extensions in North America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-extensions-in-north-america/939663)

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