Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: wnp@attctc.dallas.tx.us (Wolf Paul) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Some Questions About International Country Codes Message-ID: Date: 23 Aug 89 19:31:38 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: wnp@attctc.dallas.tx.us Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx Lines: 18 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 324, message 2 of 9 >[Moderator's Note: I think the longest country code has to the one for the >Vatican; it is six or eight digits, of which the final digits simply appear >to be appended to the code for Italy. PT] Right, and if you are in Italy, all you dial is these final digits: It is in fact simply a separate area code within Italy, technically speaking, although for political reasons it may be identified as a country code. The same scenario holds for some other small countries and their so-called country codes. Wolf Paul -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: {texbell, attctc, dalsqnt}!dcs!wnp DOMAIN: wnp@attctc.dallas.tx.us or wnp%dcs@texbell.swbt.com NOTICE: As of July 3, 1989, "killer" has become "attctc".