EMW@leicester.ac.uk (12/07/89)
> I know it's in the wrong direction, but I believe you can use country code > 89, instead of 1, to reach the US from the UK via the transatlantic cable. > Using country code 1 just picks the next channel to the US whilst 89 avoids > the satellite. I tried this last night using both BT and Mercury and it didn't work (I actually called a number in Canada, but I guess that shouldn't have made a difference). Maybe now that the number has been 'discovered', BT has changed it to some other unused country code. Mike Warrington