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Subject: Re: Canada - U.S. communications
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Date: 22 Jul 89 03:37:27 GMT
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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.

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