Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!ekrell From: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: International Phone Numbers (Answer); Stop Including The Original! Message-ID: <2991@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Sun, 30-Dec-84 00:03:48 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.2991 Posted: Sun Dec 30 00:03:48 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 31-Dec-84 02:17:09 EST References: <1402@dalcs.UUCP> <3211@alice.UUCP> Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 15 In article <3211@alice.UUCP> mjs@alice.UUCP (M.J.Shannon,Jr.) writes: > >I just dragged down my copy of the NJBell phone book for my area, and though it >mentions a large number of international `country codes' and `city codes', it >DOES NOT mention what information we should give to extranationals to dial the >USA (nor, for that matter, how to use the `country codes' and `city codes' that >are so thoughtfully listed). You must be joking. Do you expect EVERY country in the world to have the same dialing procedure to reach the USA ?. No way !!. In fact, almost every country has a very different way of reaching the USA via direct dial. The digits to be dialed can even be different from one city to another in the same country... -- Eduardo Krell UCLA Computer Science Department ekrell@ucla-locus.arpa ..!{sdcrdcf,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!ekrell