djcl@uunet.uu.net> (08/08/90)
With the impending fusion of the two Germanys, it will be interesting to see how the telephone systems will work out. Would the single Germany be the only country with two country codes? Or are there plans in the works to run a single country code? If a single country code is used, it will be interesting to see how the city routing codes work out. For instance, there is a conflict in that Dresden (East Germany) has the routing +37 51, while Hannover (West) uses +49 511 (according to Toronto phone book info). The 51 and 511 city codes would conflict under a single country code. How does this get sorted out? Also, there's the matter of a single Berlin, now served by +37 2 and +49 30. Anyone have any info on the phone progress in West/East Germany? --
cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (08/11/90)
(In this message, country code is understood to be 49, for West Germany.) Woody <contact!djcl@uunet.uu.net> wrote of city code 511 for Hannover, but note that three other city codes of form N11 were changed to two-digit codes: 311, now 30, for (W.) Berlin 611, now 69, for Frankfurt 811, now 89, for Munich