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From: rees@dabo.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
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Subject: AT&T Finally Learns USA Country Code
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Date: 29 May 90 16:46:59 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 396, Message 8 of 12


I live in the USA.  Sometimes when I'm bored I like to call the
operator and ask, "What is the country code for the USA?"  (An amusing
variation on this is to ask for the country code for Canada.)  I've
been doing this for years and never got the right answer.  Usually I
get shuttled to various supervisors for about ten minutes, and the
final answer is almost always, "There is no country code for the USA."

Today, for the first time, I got the correct answer from an AT&T
operator.  She put me on hold for about five minutes then came back
with it.  I'll be trying MCI and Sprint operators tonight.

By the way, the USA country code still isn't given in any USA
telephone directory I've ever seen.  Burkino Faso?  OK.  Vanuato?  No
problem.  USA?  Forget it!