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From: otis brown <otis@umigw.miami.edu>
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Subject: Re: Aquatic Area Codes
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Date: 10 Feb 90 17:30:44 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 90, message 2 of 9


In article <3710@accuvax.nwu.edu>, 72307.1502@compuserve.com (GORDON MEYER) 
says:
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 89, message 9 of 14

> A phreaker phriend of mine recently told me about the following area codes:

>    871 - Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediter. Sea.
>    872 - Pacific Ocean
>    873 - Indian Ocean

The moderator replied...

> [Moderator's Note: Those are the 'country codes' for ships on the high
> seas. They are linked into radio circuits, and used to reach ships in
> transit from one place to another.   PT]

	These are the INMARSAT "Area Codes" for international high seas
	satellite mediated telephony [radio in a way].  

	Each ocean basin has specific INMARSAT satellites assigned to it
	so that when you prefix your call with that oceans' prefix, the 
	system looks for response in that basin.  

	As a side note there are several sites in Antarctica with INMARSAT
	ground stations and you have to know which satellite the site is
	using to call them.


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