>>    Key word here is *accidentally*.

 MvdV> A new sysop (node- or point) could easily make this mistake.
 MvdV> He found out that he needs to remove the country code of his
 MvdV> own country and replace it with the trunk access code, but he
 MvdV> does not know yet that for international calls he must prefix
 MvdV> the number with the international access code. So long as he
 MvdV> only makes national calls (calls his hub/host) he will not
 MvdV> discover his mistake.

then he has no problem... i know of many sysops in Z1 that never did the
local access / international access codes because they never dialed outside
their local calling area(s) and never intended to do so...

 >>    The sad thing about this entire 000 hoax is, that, based on
 >> some totally unsubstantiated claims (no names, no time, no
 >> details what-so-ever), the entire fidonet is made to suffer

 MvdV> I see it different.

 MvdV> IMNSHO this 000- thing was a bad idea from the start. For a
 MvdV> variety of reasons. The Australian emergency number issue just
 MvdV> being one of them.

you got sucked in by the non-technical aspect of the argument ;)

)\/(ark