Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Correct Way to Write Your Phone Number Message-ID: Date: 26 Feb 91 23:12:45 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 163, Message 3 of 8 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 In article , david@wyvern.cs.uow.edu.au (David E A Wilson) writes: > 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). - Perhaps a better way to think about area codes is to mentally leave off the national access prefix. I.e., it's much simpler to say "the area code for Canberra is 2" than to say "the area code for Canberra is 02 in Australia and 2 outside of it. The zero becomes the "interarea access prefix", in the same way that international calls require an international access prefix. After all, we don't say "the country code for Australia from Germany is 0061"; the "00" is just the (German) international access prefix. Bob Goudreau +1 919 248 6231 Data General Corporation goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com 62 Alexander Drive ...!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!goudreau Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA