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When phones became commonplace in homes & businesses how did phone companies expand from the nascent 3 digits to 4 & 5 numbers per phone number? If I had a 4 digit phone number & 5 digits came into use, did I just get a new phone number?

by /u/nthensome in /r/AskHistorians

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