Re: numeration system

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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