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From: henry@garp.mit.edu (Henry Mensch)
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Subject: Is Europe going to get 8 digit numbers?
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Date: 25 Jul 89 22:46:49 GMT
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>PS. Isn't it about time that the world would agree on the international
>access code, i.e. the code that you replace the +-sign with in your
>international telephone number? In Sweden (and Denmark) we dial 009,
>but many in many countries in Europe it is the more logical 00.

Why is 00 more logical than 009 (or 011 in Canada and the US), or 0011
(in Australia)?

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