Hello Tony,

On Tuesday July 03 2018 10:22, you wrote to mark lewis:

 TL> I always use the area codes, because I never know where I am, though
 TL> you can still dial local numbers without them on mobiles.

Here local numbers can not be dialed from the mobile without area codes. Seen
from the mobile every call is a "national call".

But, it goes one step further. One can alway dial the full international
number. Even for calls within one's own country. So.. international access code
(00), Country code for the Netherlands (61) Area code without the leading zero
(343) and the subscriber's number (518411).

This is part of the GSM standard. International roaming is part of the GSM
standard. So I enter the numbers as full international numbers in the phone.
Even the numbers in my own country, That way I can dial them from the internal
phone book without even knowing in what country I am. That may not be all that
usefull in Australia, but in Europe, especially when living  in a small
country, is can be usefull. Here it is less than a one hour drive to the German
of Belgian border.

And I just discovered that dialing the full international number also works on
both my VOIP lines...


Cheers, Michiel

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