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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Phone numbers
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Date: Tue, 1-Jan-85 16:22:43 EST
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> 1) The United States does not have a "Country Code," rather "1" is for North
> America (although there are anomalies within Mexico.)

Instead of saying Mexico is included in the country code of "1" with some
anomalies I would say Mexico's country code is "52" with the exception
of Mexico City and Northwest Mexico.

And I do know that Canada is included, that's why I wrote the following in
my original posting.

> >(I think for these purposes the US and Canada are considered together.)

> 011 is designated by the Telephone Company
> as, "The International Area Code."    quote, unquote

That's funny, my phone book says 011 is the International ACCESS Code,
not AREA code.

I think of this as being like using uucp to send mail, you give your address
with respect to a backbone and people figure out how to get to the backbone.
For phone numbers, you should give a fully formed number, like 1 408 xxx xxxx
and let your caller adjust for whether their version of the international
access code is needed and whether an area code is needed.
-- 
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 Phil Ngai (408) 749-5790
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