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From: pubs-lab@utcs.UUCP (Taras Pryjma)
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Subject: Re: Phone Numbers
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Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 17:55:48 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  3 17:55:48 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 3-Jan-85 18:40:55 EST
Organization: University of Toronto - General Purpose UNIX
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Enough already.  This discussion is already getting out of hand. My 
suggestion to those who really want to know why North America has 
a country code of '1' is to do some research in your local well
equiped technical library.  For there, surely if the library is 
equiped well enough will sit the answer!!!

In this case, the answer probably sits in a volume published by 
the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), in a book called
White Book No. 6.  If it is not there, then it is definitely sitting
in another book, that is part of series published in the UK by the IEE,
(As far as I know this is a seperate organization from the IEEE.)
on telecommunications.

It is a fantastic series, for it explains everything that your heart 
desires on telecomunications and the various standards that you might
require.  It also goes on to explain how the world is divided for
IDDD.

Although I have not seen this book for over 2 years, I do remember enough
to know that the world, for the sake of the telephone is divided into 10
sections, 0-9.  These sections were, with the help of local telephone
directory, are as follows:

	1 - North  America
	2 - Africa
	3 - Southern Europe
	4 - Northern Europe and the British Isles
	5 - South and Central America
	6 - Australia and the South Pacific
	7 - USSR and its satellites (but this is only guessing)
	8 - Japan, Korea and area, also interational marine traffic.
	9 - The Middle East

Each of thease area is then subdivided, by their respective governments as they
see fit.  It is only if you have to go outside of your internation region
that you worry about country codes.  In North America this is rare, but
in other parts of the world an every day occurance.

I wish people would post answers to questions they know the answers to on
this net, it might get rid of some of the junk.

				Taras Pryjma.