Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: wallyk@bicycle.wv.tek.com (Wally Kramer) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Correct Way to Write Your Phone Number Message-ID: Date: 26 Feb 91 01:26:44 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville, OR Lines: 13 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 158, Message 6 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 I recall seeing a TELECOM Digest article mentioning ISO standards about eight or nine months ago which recommended how to write a phone number. As I recall, it explicitly said to not use any punctuation except space and a leading + (to indicate the digits required for international access). So fictitious North American number (311) 555-2368 in Bell (tm) parlance would be written +1 311 555 2368. Wally Kramer contracted from Step Technology, Portland, Oregon 503 244 1239 wallyk@orca.WV.TEK.COM +1 503 685 2658