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From: nvuxr!deej@bellcore.bellcore.com (David Lewis)
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Subject: Numbering (was Re: My List of North American Area Codes)
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[Inclusion of access codes as parts of phone numbers, etc, deleted]

We could try to use CCITT standard address formats...  (I'm not an
expert, so someone -please- correct me if I mess this up, but...)

CCITT Recommendation E.164 specifies formats for addresses.  I don't
have a copy in front of me (sorry), but I believe the format is (using
my work phone as an example):

	+1.201.758.4099

+    = whatever access code is needed
1    = country code
201  = npa (area) code
758  = office code
4099 = whatever it's called -- line within an exchange

Everything after the country code is specific to the national dialing
plan, but the + and country code are pretty standard.


David G Lewis					...!bellcore!nvuxr!deej
	(@ Bellcore Navesink Research & Engineering Center)
			"If this is paradise, I wish I had a lawnmower."

[Moderator's Note: 'whatever it is called' is frequently known as the
suffix.  Readers: Is there an official name for the last four digits?  PT]