wtho@relay.eu.net> (06/06/90)
In article <8616@accuvax.nwu.edu> sp@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve Pershing) writes: |In |addition, there was at one time, an area code within country code 1 |assigned to Mexico City, for more convenient dialling (?). This is an |anomaly in the normal CCITT assignment, as Mexico has its own country |code. |I wonder if there are other "convenience" codes within other country |codes in other parts of the world? There are small parts of Austria which belong to the West German customs territory. These areas have both Austrian and West German area codes (as well as two postal codes). In Switzerland/Liechtenstein there are convenience codes along all borders. Example: Phone numbers in southern Alsace (France) have the form 89.xx.yy.zz. From north-western Switzerland (the adjacent area) the convenience code for these numbers is 068 xx.yy.zz instead of 0033 89.xx.yy.zz. However, 068 is intercepted in all other parts of Switzerland/Liechtenstein. Convenience-code calls are charged like domestic calls between 50 and 100 km which makes them much cheaper than regular international calls. Tom Hofmann wtho%cgch@relay.EU.net