Our first phone number wasn't a phone number. There were only names. There was no dial on the phone of any kind. You just picked up the receiver and the local operator on duty would say hello to you by name and asked you WHO you wanted to talk to, not what number you wanted. We had "party lines" for awhile also - talk about GOSSIP!
Wait - this has nothing to do with the internet running out of space. Just blowin' with the wind here.
Sorry . . . carry on.
