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echo: fidopols
to: Steven Horn
from: Craig Hutchison
date: 2002-10-29 15:54:52
subject: NodelistGuide or FAQ

G'day Steven,

 In a message dated 27 Oct 02 you wrote to Carol Shenkenberger:

 SH> I'll buy the "000" argument but fail to see why an ION
needs to fly a
 SH> PVT flag. Using "000 ..." as a telephone number means
that a POTS node
 SH> trying to dial the ION will never connect to anything.

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

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

 Craig

... Call it a hunch - Quasimodo.

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