Hi Carol,

 RVR>> That difference in standards is the 1-000-000-000 phone number.

 CS> You know though that a person outside Z1 trying to dial
 CS> that will sufer international dial rates to Z1 then hit the
 CS> operator possibly?  Bad JUJU!

When I dial such a number I just get the number unobtainable tone.

However, you hit upon a point I have been stressing for some time. There is
just no general way to know what will happen if a "fancy" phone
number is dialled. Of course I could try it here, but that is no guarantee
the same thing will happen when you dial it from Sasebo. It is not even a
guarantee the same thing will happen when my son in the next village dials
it. Non existing numbers have been known to be used as test- or special
numbers by phone companies and these may differ from exchange to exchange.
Even if such a number is harmless today, it may be different tomorrow.

It is for this reason I believe /anything/ but a dialable phone number in
the phone field is a bad idea.

Regards, Michiel

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