Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!mcvax!piet From: piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Phone numbers Message-ID: <385@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 07:41:28 EST Article-I.D.: mcvax.385 Posted: Fri Dec 21 07:41:28 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Dec-84 08:24:56 EST References:Reply-To: piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema) Distribution: net Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 14 >Wouldnt it be nice if everyone in the US admitted the existence of >the rest of the world and specified their phone numbers CORRECTLY >preceded with a +1, instead of the (parochial) >area code in brackets Yes, please! >By the way why is the map file for the UK called eur.gb not eur.uk?? All the Eunet maps are identified by the country identification letters you see on cars. That why e.g. the Finland map is in eur.sf and the map for the UK in eur.gb; the same goes for e.g. Korea (asia.rok). -- Piet Beertema, CWI, Amsterdam ...{decvax,philabs}!mcvax!piet