Hello Craig,

>>> Except in Australia, where 000 is the equivalent of a 911 call
>>> there in the US of A.

>> There is no accounting for taste.

> Taste has nothing to do with it. It's the fault of the stupid telcos who
> designed the system in the first place.

> We just have to live with it.

>>> I'm sure you can imagine the problems if IP nodes over there listed
>>> their numbers with a 911 prefix.

>> Then design something which would let me and others use a telephone
>> number like "-IP_system-" or "-IP-".

> It's simple, and it works. Get your NC to change your listing to Pvt and put
> -Unpublished- in the phone number field. Where's the problem?

That works as a quick and sloppy fix, IMO.  There are people in the
nodelist who are _truly_ Pvt, and they are not ION nodes.

Take care,
Janis

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