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This table is essentially useless

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(I have many decades of experience in the field. I was the telephone regulations compliance officer for the first digital business phone mfg, ROLM.)

This table provides misleadingly useless information. I recommend at least a cautionary note with it.

Why? Because, depending on the local situation in a nation or region, the data here may mean VERY different things.

In many parts of the world, a separate number is allocated to each SIM card!

  • So, in the US, a typical phone has one SIM card, never changed. One number per phone.
  • In another nation, a typical business person may have one phone and a whole pocket full of SIM cards, one for each city they often visit! 10, 20, even 50 numbers per phone.

Mr Pete (talk) 19:38, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]