Thread: Is the Internet Running Out of Space?
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Old 03-30-2009, 02:32 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel View Post
it had to happen sometime...

in france we used to have 8 digit telephone numbers. about 10 years ago they ran out of new numbers so they added a 2-digit geographical prefixe to make more. of course before the 8 digit numbers they were even shorter. i imagine with all the cell-phones (some people have more than one) we'll eventually end up with 20 digit or more telephone numbers... thank goodness for speed dial !
They did smething like that in London a while back, then realised that what they'd done didn't solve the problem and had to go and change the numbers all over again...

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meanwhile, here is what happens when you run out of ip addresses.
Brilliant
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