covert%covert.DEC@decwrl.dec.com (John R. Covert) (02/10/89)
>lack of '809' as a country code in this version. Yet I believe that >callers from the UK, for example, reach the Virgin Islands by dialing >809 as a country code rather than in the context of a North American >area code. No, Patrick, they don't. As I said in the title, the list I submitted is from CCITT Standard E.163, a copy of which I have in front of me right now. It clearly lists exactly what I listed as part of World Numbering Zone 1. It also lists each of the then 80X codes as being spare. I also have a Reading, England, telephone directory, which confirms that the U.K. observes the international standard: 010 1 809 49X-XXXX. We know that Switzerland dials +1 809 for part of area code 809, but because of a billing problem, dials +500 809 for some locations in a different rate band. This is a violation of the standard which will get them in trouble if direct dial service to the Falkland Islands is initiated. I will make one change the next time I update the list. 53 99, Guantanamo Bay, is only dialable from the U.S. Canada, Switzerland, and other countries which have direct dial service to Cuba (53) cannot dial 53 99. /john