Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!network!ucsd!orion.cf.uci.edu!uci-ics!zardoz!ccicpg!cci632!rit!tropix!moscom!ur-valhalla!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: telecom-gateway@vector.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Canada - U.S. communications Message-ID:Date: 22 Jul 89 03:37:27 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA Lines: 22 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 201, message 6 of 8 In article , wnp@killer.dallas.tx.us (Wolf Paul) writes: ... > (a) from certain nationalistic perspectives it rankles that Canada > is the only major country which does not have its own country code ... No, Canada is not the only major country which does not have its own country code! The USA does not have its own country-code, either, as it must share with Canada! But Paul's other point is well taken. If two country codes were used for these two telephone-intensive countries, it would provide some near-term relief from the rapidly-approaching exhaustion of available area codes. -- Dave Levenson Voice: (201) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave