In trying to use my mail email address to get on facetime on my iphone  it says error: that address is already being used

In trying to add my most used email address to connect to facetime on my iphone I receive an error message saying I cannot use that address as it is already being used.

FaceTime works over the internet. You place a FT call to an iPhone using the iPhone's phone number, no matter the device; iPhone, iTouch, iPad or Mac, making the call. FT calls all go through Apple's server farms and the iPhones are registered by their phone number in the FT data base.
Using FaceTime
Once configured and enabled on your iPhone, iPod touch, or Mac, FaceTime will automatically receive incoming calls from other FaceTime users as long as your iOS device is connected to a Wi-Fi network, or your Mac is connected to the Internet—the latter in any way.
Outgoing FaceTime calls must be initiated by selecting a contact in your address book—there is no means to manually dial a FaceTime phone number or e-mail address. This means that anybody you wish to contact via FaceTime must be in your address book.
To place calls to a FaceTime user on an iPhone, you must use their cellular phone number. An iPhone cannot register for FaceTime with an e-mail address. To place calls to a FaceTime user on an iPod touch or a Mac you must use one of their registered FaceTime e-mail addresses that is configured on that particular device.
This may be a little out of date, as you can now register an email address for an iPhone I believe, but the address should be unique to the iPhone.

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