[BITList] The 20,000 fake phone numbers - BBC News

[Michael Feltham]

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> The 20,000 fake phone numbers
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> It is nearly 15 years since UK phone numbers were given a shake-up. Some 20,000 numbers were kept unused, except for appearances on television screens. Why are so many required, asks Chris Stokel-Walker.
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