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Why doesn't phones numbers have a "DNS" server so we can just type in words like we do with the internet?

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Why doesn't phones numbers have a "DNS" server so we can just type in words like we do with the internet?

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Example: Instead of “123-456-7890”

its: “[email protected]”

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    Like a phone book?

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      I laughed out loud when I read the title of this post. When I’m helping my customers with their domain DNS records, I always analogise DNS to “a phone book for the internet”. I love that we’ve come full circle and phone books are “DNS for the phone system” 😂 (also goddamn does this make me feel old 😭)

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        Best furry explains DNS cat explains DNS

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          What did I just watch? Like… educational content, explained by… 🤷 not at all who you would have expected. What a unique mix.

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          This is awesome.

          The multi xxxx registration is god damned mad lad max level.

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        To be fair, phone books are far from common in the USA anymore, and DNS is a far more interacted with technology than old school caller id.

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