Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: david@wyvern.cs.uow.edu.au (David E A Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Correct Way to Write Your Phone Number Message-ID: Date: 25 Feb 91 22:57:56 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University Lines: 24 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 158, Message 5 of 13 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hub.eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu think!barmar@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Barry Margolin) writes: > There's also a common notation for another optional part of the phone > number, the country code. It is normally written with a preceded by > "+", e.g. +1 (311) 555-2368. Except that then the NPA is mandatory and so not in (). I still see organizations incorrectly listing their international numbers in advertising etc - a motel in Canberra is listed as follows: Phone (06) 2ab cdef [I can't remember the exact #] International 616 2ab cdef I wonder if some poor soul in the USA gets calls for this motel? What other STD/ISD dialing methods are in use in the world? In Australia all STD area codes begin with a zero when dialed nationally and this zero is omitted when dialing from overseas. In the USA your area codes don't have a prefix (unless you count the 1). - David Wilson Dept Comp Sci, Uni of Wollongong david@cs.uow.edu.au