Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 17 May 91 01:30:10 GMT From: David E A Wilson Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: IDDD Calling Message-ID: Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 374, Message 3 of 6 Lines: 27 K_MULLHOLAND@unhh.unh.edu (KATH MULLHOLAND) writes: > Is there a list available of the number of digits to be expected when > dialing overseas? In many countries numbers are not of fixed length - for example here in Australia the internal format is two to four digit area codes (all starting with zero which is omitted when calling from overseas) and five to seven digit local numbers. A quick look at the OTC Country Codes page in my phone book shows worse examples: Area Code Austria Wien (Vienna) 1 Salzburg 662 Innsbruck 5222 Japan Osaka 6 Yokohama 45 Nagasaki 958 Ishikawa 9896 David Wilson Dept Comp Sci, Uni of Wollongong david@cs.uow.edu.au