ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoWhy doesn't phones numbers have a "DNS" server so we can just type in words like we do with the internet?message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWhy doesn't phones numbers have a "DNS" server so we can just type in words like we do with the internet?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredhork@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoBecause when the telephone system first was developed, all you had were dial phones, which could only send numbers 1 through 0 (10). So every call needed to be addressible using only numbers. AT&T came up with the numbering system in the 40s… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan
Because when the telephone system first was developed, all you had were dial phones, which could only send numbers 1 through 0 (10). So every call needed to be addressible using only numbers.
AT&T came up with the numbering system in the 40s…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan