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Re: numeration system

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Thursday, December 16, 2004, 8:26
On Dec 16, 2004, at 8:57 AM, Tristan Mc Leay wrote:
> On 16 Dec 2004, at 4.35 pm, Thomas R. Wier wrote: >> Tristan wrote: >>> Unlike the American system, we don't touch our country code with a >>> ten-foot pole, unless you add a number your mobile phone gives you.
>> Strictly speaking, it isn't our country code, since Canadians use >> the same system. From the US, one needn't dial a country code to >> call a Canadian number.
> Really? Why's that? It seems the US would easily need more numbers than > Australia, so how come you have to share your numberspace with Canada? > (Is there a better term than 'country code'? 'Region code' is ambiguous > and could easily mean 'area code' and now I'm out of ideas.)
I'm pretty sure we share it with some Caribbean nations, also. -Stephen (Steg) "the main purpose of the pyramid is to say 'my unique pyramid is sky high and made of white marble. i do not share it with anyone'." ~ andrew nowicki

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