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echo: fidopols
to: Jerry Schwartz
from: Scott Little
date: 2002-11-04 06:25:56
subject: 000-

[ 03 Nov 02 12:22, Jerry Schwartz wrote to All ]

 JS> Let's get real, here - this problem is vastly overblown.

I agree

 JS> A working system in Oz would first look for and strip the country code
 JS> for OZ (61).

And prepend a 0, no other translation required (61-2- becomes 02- and that
is sufficient for Australia wide calling, local or interstate).

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

Correct.

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

Inability to RTFM.


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