Hello, Michiel...

Nov 07, 2002 at 15:16, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Jerry Schwartz:

 JS>> A working system in Oz would first look for and strip the
 JS>> country code for OZ (61). If it doesn't do that, then the
 JS>> system will never be able to call other systems in Oz.

 MvdV> True. However such stripping does not affect 000- listings as there 
 MvdV> is no 61 country code in front of it.

 JS>> Then it would have to check for and strip the local area code,
 JS>> or it would never be able to make local calls.

 MvdV> Not necessarily. Depending on the telephone system. Over here in 
 MvdV> The Netherlands I can make a local call with or without the local 
 MvdV> area code. (I have it put a '0' in front of the local area code.) 
 MvdV> Both will work. It could be the same in (parts of) OZ.

I checked with more than one person down there.

 JS>> if the  system isn't configured at least that well, the very first
 JS>> test call will fail.

 MvdV> But that alone will not stop it from diallig 000.

Well, if the sysop doesn't have the sense to test with a local call first,
then they probably deserve to have a policeman give them a nudge.

 JS>> Then it would have to prefix phone numbers from other area
 JS>> codes with "1" in order to make non-local calls.

 MvdV> In most countries '0' is the prefix to use. The Z1 telephone system 
 MvdV> is a bit of an oddball.

As I said, I checked with some folks in Oz. If you say that in NL you dial
0-areacode then I have no reason to doubt you.

 JS>> Calls to other country codes would have to have a different prefix
 JS>> to access an international line.

 MvdV> 00 in most countries now...

 JS>> How would "000-" ever get through that unchanged?

 MvdV> By '0' being the prefix for non local calls anbd 00 the prefix for 
 MvdV> international calls and the system not being specifically 
 MvdV> configured to block calls to 000?

That's as country-dependent as the emergency number itself. If I can find a
phone system somewhere that uses "031" as the emergency number,
will you change your listing? Are you suggesting we expel 6:606/7 because
the emergency number in the US is 911?

We can't avoid every possibility.

Regards,

Jerry Schwartz

mailto:jerryschwartz{at}comfortable.com
http://www.writebynight.com

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