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pornel on July 29, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Users Fill Out Forms Faster with Unified Text ...

London area code is 020, so I'd bet on "079 20748555".

If a website validates those two-box input fields, then surely it knows length of the prefix better than I do.

swores on July 29, 2011 [–]

London is one of the few exceptions, not the rule. And even with the three digits, most Londonders I know split their phone number differently (for example "0208 XXX XXXX").

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