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to: Bjrn Felten
from: David Drummond
date: 2006-04-20 06:36:02
subject: The 000 hoax all over again

Bj”rn Felten -> Peter Knapper wrote:
 PK>> As it happens, the entire 000-* string is NOT a phone number at all.

 BF>    Of course it is! Some of us even use the same pair of copper to dial
 BF> the number. The only difference is that we have the technology to
 BF> differentiate between the borderless country code of 000, that goes to
 BF> the ISP exchange, and all the other country codes that go to the POTS
 BF> exchange.

 BF>    I'm still waiting for an answer to the question why the entire zone 2
 BF> segment has to be filtered if Malcolm filters it anyway. But I guess
 BF> I'll never get an answer to that one... :(

Could it be that the Z2C feels as strongly as the Z3C about non-phone
numbers in the phone number field of the nodelist?

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regards

David

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