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From: dan@sics.se (Dan Sahlin)
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Subject: Re: Why Not 00 as the International Prefix in the US?
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Date: 7 Dec 89 18:51:02 GMT
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John Hughes wrote:

>Haha!  If you think 010 or 011 is funny, try coming to France, we have
>to do 19 AND WAIT FOR A SECOND DIAL TONE!  Primitive!

Within a couple of years, when the whole of France uses 8-digit
numbers, 00 will be introduced as the prefix for international
dialing.

Sweden will do the same in the mid-nineties. We now use 009, and
the tone comes after the country number!

	/Dan Sahlin