Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!sdsu!bionet!ames!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: jimmy@denwa.uucp (Jim Gottlieb) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Tokyo Goes to 8 Digits Message-ID: Date: 8 Jul 89 18:03:26 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: jimmy@pic.ucla.edu Organization: Info Connections, West Los Angeles Lines: 24 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 227, message 8 of 8 In article Kenneth_R_Jongsma writes: > > Tokyo to Add 8th Digit to Phone Numbers > >What am I missing here? What's wrong with a "downtown" city code and a >"suburb" city code? Well, Tokyo already has that. The '3' area code is only for the central 23-ku central area. The rest of the municipality of Tokyo has other area codes. But that is not to say that they _couldn't_ further divide it. I guess they could split it North-South or inside-outside the Yamanote loop. Or split it into four quadrants as related to the Imperial Palace. -- Jim Gottlieb E-Mail: or or V-Mail: (213) 551-7702 Fax: 478-3060 The-Real-Me: 824-5454 [Moderator's Note: In Monday's Digest, two recent articles from the papers demonstrating the frivilous and foolish uses of that new toy, the fax machine. Have a nice weekend! PT]