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Given how ubiquitous phone numbers are and how long they've been around, it's
surprising how many false assumptions programmers continue to make about them.
1. **An individual has a phone number**
1. **An individual has a phone number**
Some people do not own phones, or do not wish to provide you with their
telephone number when asked. Do not require a user to provide a phone number
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Some may be dialable only if the caller is a subscriber to a particular
telecom company.
1. **You can send a text message to any phone number**
1. **You can send a text message to any phone number**
A lot of people still only have a fixed-line telephone, which typically cannot
send or receive text messages.
**Tip:** Whenever possible, try and accommodate these
users by calling them with a voice message or voice prompts. Alternatively,
if your service requires sending text messages, verify that the number
can receive text messages after the user provides it.
**Tip:** Whenever possible, try and accommodate these users by calling them
with a voice message or voice prompts. Alternatively, if your service
requires sending text messages, verify that the number can receive text
messages after the user provides it.
1. **Only mobile phones can receive text messages**
1. **Only mobile phones can receive text messages**
Some service providers support sending and receiving text messages to fixed-line
numbers. There are also online services like Skype that can send and receive


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