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  2. Telephone numbers in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canadian (and other North American Numbering Plan) telephone numbers are usually written as (NPA) NXX-XXXX. For example, 250 555 0199, a fictional number, could be written as (250) 555-0199, 250-555-0199, 250-5550199, or 250/555-0199. The Government of Canada's Translation Bureau recommends using hyphens between groups; e.g. 250-555-0199. [4]

  3. National conventions for writing telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    For example, for a number in Costa Rica they would write (506) 2222-2222 instead of +506 2222-2222. On the other hand, Guatemala does have the custom of using the + sign. It is quite common for Central American businesses to write the whole phone number, including the country code in parentheses, on business cards, signs, stationery, etc. Costa ...

  4. Telephone directory - Wikipedia

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    Telephone directory. A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phonebook, or the white and yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Its purpose is to allow the telephone number of a ...

  5. North American Numbering Plan - Wikipedia

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    For example, 555-1212 is the standard number for directory assistance. Only 555-0100 through 555-0199 are reserved for fictional use. Where used, these are often routed to information services; Canadian telephone companies briefly promoted 555-1313 as a pay-per-use "name that number" reverse lookup during the mid-1990s.

  6. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Since there is no limit to a scam artist’s potential, recognizing signs of common scams will serve you well. Here are examples of three of the most common scams out there today and how to block ...

  7. Telephone exchange names - Wikipedia

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    Kenmore 9392 is a five-pull (1L-4N) small-city telephone number for the Kenmore exchange in Fort Wayne, Indiana. MArket 7032 is a six-digit (2L-4N) telephone number. This format was in use from the 1920s through the 1950s, and was phased out c. 1960. BALdwin 6828 is an urban 3L-4N example, used only in the largest cities before conversion to ...

  8. List of generic and genericized trademarks - Wikipedia

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    The following three lists of generic and genericized trademarks are: marks which were originally legally protected trademarks, but have been genericized and have lost their legal status due to becoming generic terms, marks which have been abandoned and are now generic terms. marks which are still legally protected as trademarks, at least in ...

  9. Talk:List of Canadian telephone companies - Wikipedia

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    One possible criterion: list anyone who is listed on www.cnac.ca as holding at least one "CO code" block of 10000 local numbers. That would be an easy list to generate from the lists of exchanges in each Canadian area code, which are on that site. That would still leave the question of what to do with defunct carriers or long-distance only ...