Calculating how many phone numbers in the Chicago area are unusedis turning out to be about as hard as predicting next April'sweather. Depending on whom you believe, the figure is somewherebetween 28 million and I-don't-know.
This is not an arcane exercise that has only passing interestfor millions of telephone customers here. How the question isanswered will determine whether residents and businesses will onceagain have to put up with the by-now numbing confusion and cost ofchanging area codes.
At issue is whether phone companies are running out of phonenumbers. The companies say they are, citing skyrocketing increasesin cell phones, car phones, fax machines, …
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