aebrown wrote:I'm confused.
My fault. I should have put a smiley at the end of the last sentence.
aebrown wrote:What do periods instead of dashes have to do with the topic at hand?
This is a thread on phone number standardization.
aebrown wrote:In my experience, any system that can handle periods can handle dashes just as well.
My experience differs. Most systems I use reject periods and require the use of dashes.
aebrown wrote:Why do you think anyone would have to be convinced to use periods?
Many parts of the world use periods. I have not sampled the whole world, but every international region I work with uses periods or spaces. Not a single one of them uses dashes. This comes as a surprise to most folks (not all) in the US when I mention it.
In any event, a smiley at the end of my post hopefully would have alleviated confusion, sorry. And I am grateful that MLS will accept anything in the phone number field. I hope it stays that way.