FabR
[Senior Patek Moderator]
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That was one fascinating read spanning quite a few decades of our recent past! ;-)
I should probably object to the line,
"POP + four digits “shortcut” hogged a lot of potential new phone numbers that AT&T would need to meet that demand. So AT&T shut the service down in September 2007, securing 30,000 new numbers in Northern California alone"
(four digits can't create more than 10k new numbers, even in California!)....but the rest of the story is so full of charm and human history that I badly want to believe it! 
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
That was one fascinating read spanning quite a few decades of our recent past! ;-)
I should probably object to the line, "POP + four digits “shortcut” hogged a lot of potential new phone numbers that AT&T would need to meet that demand. So AT&T shut the service down in September 2007, securing 30,000 new numbers in Northern California a...
I still remember using POP CORN when I was younger!
I was sad when they got rid of it!
Growing up In Washington, DC, we learned and used the "202" number early & often.
Heck, I still use it today.
Amazing
I can remember as a child i call the time. That is was a cheap call, i like it very much.
