Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: woody Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: West/East Germany Reunification Message-ID: <10672@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 8 Aug 90 03:48:46 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 17 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 556, Message 7 of 9 With the impending fusion of the two Germanys, it will be interesting to see how the telephone systems will work out. Would the single Germany be the only country with two country codes? Or are there plans in the works to run a single country code? If a single country code is used, it will be interesting to see how the city routing codes work out. For instance, there is a conflict in that Dresden (East Germany) has the routing +37 51, while Hannover (West) uses +49 511 (according to Toronto phone book info). The 51 and 511 city codes would conflict under a single country code. How does this get sorted out? Also, there's the matter of a single Berlin, now served by +37 2 and +49 30. Anyone have any info on the phone progress in West/East Germany? --