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!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!mcvax!piet From: piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: International Phone Numbers (Answer); Stop Including The Original! Message-ID: <403@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 13:18:53 EST Article-I.D.: mcvax.403 Posted: Tue Jan 8 13:18:53 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Jan-85 07:04:20 EST References: <1402@dalcs.UUCP> <3211@alice.UUCP> Reply-To: piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema) Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 15 >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 No phone book will do that, except perhaps for mentioning the international country code. The simple reason is that almost every country has its own conventions for international calls. E.g. you may have to dial something like "0" or "009" etc. before the real number. Therefore the '+' in a phone number in international format represents the national "prefix" plus any "prefix" a local exchange may require. -- Piet Beertema, CWI, Amsterdam ...{decvax,philabs}!mcvax!piet