ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader) (01/27/84)
Good idea. But area codes tend to be unique only within countries
(North America counts as one country here). So there has to be
another convention for the overseas sites. A logical one would be
the country name, truncated or abbreviated to 2-6 characters.
For instance, uk, france, nether.
But then if we're using geographic names in Europe, why not use them
in North America? I refer to STATES and PROVINCES. They are better
known than area codes and they have unique abbreviations of 2 letters.
(How legitimate the 2-letter abbreviations are in the case of Canadian
provinces is questionable, but there is an established set which does
not conflict with the state abbreviations.)
Mark Brader
Shall we say... {IL/ihnp4, NH/decvax, MA/linus, ...} !ON/utzoo!ON/dciem!ntt
Hmph, maybe a default is needed so that the null domain means a backbone site.