U5434122@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (09/01/90)
It appears OTC, Australia's international carrier, goes to significant lengths to check dialled numbers for validity. On May 6th, this year, the London area code 01 was split into 071 and 081. Now, dialling 0011 44 1 7D results in the following recorded message. The area code of the number you have dialled has been changed from 01 to 071 (081). Please dial 0011 44 71 (81) followed by the wanted number. The caller is given the 071/081 message as appropriate after the third digit of the local number has been dialled. 603 xxxx was moved to 071, and dialling 0011 44 81 603 xxxx also is diverted to the 071 recording. Oh, by the way, someone asked about USA area code 510. It does not work from Oz yet. Just some more trivia... danny