> WD> The North-American telephone companies are causing the problem
> WD> as their numbering-system is not ITU-compliant.
 
> erm... has it occured to you that these systems were set up before the
> ITUT came into existance? with that in mind, there is a such thing as a
> "grandfather" clause ;)
 
The predecessor of the ITU, CCITT, and ITU itself (which is the same
organisation) is a UN-agency now which has existed for as long as there has
been automated international dialing. The very first roots even date back
to 1921 when there was no universal automated local dialing either.
 
> WD> Same with the 911-number. It is a North-American invention
> WD> contradictory with ITU numbering-plans which were set-up
> WD> especially to avoid the India/NewDelhi-controversy.
 
> 911 was set up before then, right??
 
> if not, need i mention that the international dialing code requirement to
> dial a number outside of one's country negates this situation completely?
 
The ITU-numbering-plan was not made with Fido-requirements in mind. ITU's
numbering system was made with a global-vision in place while the
North-American plan only looks at the local market. The attitude is
"We put a one as country-code without consulting anyone, and
whatever's behind the 1 is none of your business". That attitude is
limiting the possibilities for the rest of the world which has to go in
places to 3-digit country codes because the North-American market has
become so untransparant that any fundamental change there might make the
system collapse.
 
The North-American system is very unstructured and anomaly is piled upon
anomaly, they're constantly creating holes to fill-up other holes without
regard to the rest of the world ... and the Canadian companies are not
exactly pleased by this but they have not many options open.
 
> WD> Had the North American telephone companies followed the
> WD> ITU-scheme then 911 would have been 112 and all resulting
> WD> conflicts with the 1- for North America would also have been
> WD> solved by changing net-numbers.
 
> ummhumm... and what about 1-12-whatever?? same situation, isn't it?
 
Nope, because the ITU-numbering plan has no 1-12x-xxx-xxxx number for North
America. The whole range of 3- and 4-digit special-service numbers from the
ITU and starting with "1 would not create havoc in North America.
 
> WD> Our emergency-number here was "900" ... now it's
"112" and all
> WD> other changes have also been incorporated.
 
> goody for you... wanna cookie, a medal, or something else?
 
At the end of your arguments?
 
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