covert@covert.enet.dec.com (John R. Covert 15-Aug-1989 0829) (08/15/89)
>00, whether more logical or not is certainly the most widespread, at least in >Europe and the Med. It may be the most widespread in Europe and the Med, but it is certainly not the most widespread in the world. 011 is easily the most widespread, being used in the U.S. and Canada (and much of the Caribbean). The population of the U.S. and Canada is 272 million, and covers an area of more than 7.5 million square miles, with the most telephones per person of any countries in the world. In 1980 40.7% of the world's tele- phones were in World Numbering Zone 1. The total population and area of Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czecho- slovakia, Germany (West), Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Portugal, Switzerland, and Tunisia is 245 million in an area of 1.6 million square miles. /john