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Old 04-15-2020, 05:56 PM   #1
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Torontonians who don't have a Toronto Public Library card can now access OverDrive, our largest collection of ebooks and audiobooks, with the new Instant Digital Card. This temporary card is available to people age 13 and older with a Toronto cell phone that can receive texts. New customers can enjoy this access until September 1, 2020.
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I wonder if we'll see other libraries follow suit?
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Old 04-15-2020, 06:05 PM   #2
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Nashville did this sometime last month. They've gone to all-online signup for digital services and have temporarily waived the requirement to have your address verified in person before using the card.
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Old 04-15-2020, 06:17 PM   #3
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All of my libraries (Seattle, King County, Pierce County, Timberland) have made it really easy to get a library card for use during this crisis, and they're to be applauded for doing so.

It wouldn't surprise me if most of the libraries in the US did this.
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Old 04-16-2020, 01:21 AM   #4
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what does "Toronto cell phone" mean
surely a cellphone does not have a "home town" or " home state"
will that service work with any cellphone
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Old 04-16-2020, 07:27 AM   #5
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I sense they mean a phone with one of the area codes for Toronto; 416 / 647 / 437 and probably it's just to receive a text message.
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I sense they mean a phone with one of the area codes for Toronto; 416 / 647 / 437 and probably it's just to receive a text message.
maybe. but the post said toronto cell phone .
cell phones don't have area codes ( not in my country anyway)

is it a different terminology for different countries thing? I always thought that "cell" = mobile.
all the movies that I watch where folks say " call me on my cell" , refer to mobiles - ( which we call "mobiles" in the UK )

did they mean Toronto landlines ? most landlines can't receive texts
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maybe. but the post said toronto cell phone .
cell phones don't have area codes ( not in my country anyway)

is it a different terminology for different countries thing? I always thought that "cell" = mobile.
all the movies that I watch where folks say " call me on my cell" , refer to mobiles - ( which we call "mobiles" in the UK )

did they mean Toronto landlines ? most landlines can't receive texts
Canada and the USA have phone numbers of the form (npa) nxx-xxxx where npa is what is called the area code. Each area code is assigned to a specific geographic area. If you google toronto area code, you will see a list of area codes that are used in toronto. Some are landline, some are cell. The area code doesn't care about the device.
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maybe. but the post said toronto cell phone .
cell phones don't have area codes ( not in my country anyway)

is it a different terminology for different countries thing? I always thought that "cell" = mobile.
Nor in mine. I learned something new today, that Nth American numbers are all tied to geographical area codes, whether landline or cell. Only landlines have area codes here, too.
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Old 04-16-2020, 09:00 AM   #10
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Nor in mine. I learned something new today, that Nth American numbers are all tied to geographical area codes, whether landline or cell. Only landlines have area codes here, too.
ok ( after consulting google)
uk is different, hence the confusion
there is no way to examine a uk mobile number and deduce a city or county...

"In the UK, mobile phones have a trunk prefix of 0 (zero) followed by 10 digits. The area code is the first four digits after the 0.

So if the mobile number is 0 7890 123 456, the area code is 7890. However, most people would not consider this to be an area code because it does not point to a particular patch of land to which mobile phone “belongs”. It’s basically just part of the number.
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so this approach would not work in UK

and pretenting I'm from toronto is not going to fly
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uk is different, hence the confusion
there is no way to examine a uk mobile number and deduce a city or county...(

That is also true here. I had assumed that it was true everywhere, since the whole point of these devices is that they are not geographically tied down. Perhaps it's a function of population size, I wonder if other large countries such as India and China follow the Nth American pattern?
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and also, if I want to pretend i'm not from Toronto, i just drive to , say, Ottowa & buy a mobile there ? or is it all tied into a proof of address thing.

Maybe they don't have burners in Canada & the drug dealers all have to step over the border for untraceable phones ? [ no that can't be right - I watched both seasons of Bad Blood.... ]
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In the US these days some people move to another location and don't change their cell phone number, so they might still have a New York area code in their phone number but actually live in California or whatever. Don't know if the same thing happens in Canada?
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My local library has had digital library signup for some time now without any phone texts.

You must provide a local address and the membership agreement states that you must be able to verify personal information upon request but I've never been asked.
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From reading the TPL web site all that is required is the ability to receive a text message with an authentication code in it. No requirement for an address.

Somehow I think a search might find a service that would allow you to receive verification codes....
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