What determines the numbers that make up your telephone number?

What determines the numbers that make up your telephone number?
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I believe that the last four digits in your phone number are just random, because you can choose them to a certain degree when you first set the phone line up, and some phone companies will even let you keep your number when you move, up to a distance within the same area code.
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