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From: mh2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Hahn)
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Subject: Re: Saudi Arabia's Telephone System
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Date: 6 Nov 90 19:04:05 GMT
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For what it is worth, the previous description didn't mention the
Aramco telephone system, to which many if not most American
expatriates are connected.  (Aramco is the oil co.)

To call my old home phone, dial 011-966-387-42688.  011-966 is, of
course, the international access for Saudi.  3 is, I think the escape
for Aramco.  87 is, I think, the city code for Dhahran.

BEWARE: all this is based on recollections from a few years ago.  it's
also (mildly) interesting to note that the Aramco system began with
very few digits, and gradually added more.  my first number (in 1970)
was 2912, then 22912, and so on.


Regards,

Mark