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The US has the country code "1" when we dial long distance we have
to
include that number before the area code.
I propose we sell the use of the number one for international calls.
It's
a status symbol, a time saver. It's worth $5 trillion, I suspect.
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Other countries can manipulate their exchanges, so that they can change any country's code to any number; e.g. In country X, people can dial 86 for US, on their phones, but number coming out of exchange, will remain same old, "1". |
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Edit : 'Wonder if Icould sell this idea to Iran. |
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'dial' what a curiously old-fashioned word. |
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Do they dial single digit for city to city calls in their own country?
Bog, I have to presume so, don't I? |
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//single digit for city to city calls//
Provided there are less than 10 cities in that country. |
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Also even if US sells the code to other country, it will be still possible to dial 1 for calls within US as usual. |
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86 is voicemail - 8=v: 6= m |
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[VJW], you can sell virtually anything to Iran. The question
is, do you want to. |
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Actually, International Trade in Arms Regulations prohibit the sale of the number "1" to Iran, due to their ongoing attempts to develop a ... |
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//The question is, do you want to// |
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Hmm...<scratches head> .. yes. |
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Oh, right, the famous Numbers of Mass Destruction fiasco.
Thank the gods North Korea's 'Zero' project never saw
fruition, or we'd all be standing in the tea chest singing
'Jerusalem.' |
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86 is the country code for China for the US. All calls from here to
there start with 86. Is this process different in other countries? |
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If I want to call my parents, I must include the number 1 before
their area code in order to connect. Locally, I don't have to
include the 1 even though my city has 3 area codes. If you live
in another country do you
not have dial some series of numbers or number to indicate a
long distance call? I think I wrongly presumed everyone had to
dial the same country codes I have to. |
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Crap! I just talked to a friend of mine who let me know long
distance codes in other countries do not function as I
presumed. Please throw fish! |
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Nil desperandum, [Zimmy]. I don't think the differences in long-distance calling conventions per se would kill this idea - they would just add complexity to the implementation, much to the financial advantage of the world's systems analysts. [+] |
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Also, if the US succeeds in slashing its debt by selling it's telephonic top-nation status to China, this precedent would give valuable impetus to Britain's attempt to escape from poverty by selling the Greenwich Meridian to New Delhi. |
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Hang on - that one might not have been made public yet. Anyone for the second verse of Jerusalem? |
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As a young, ignorant yank, I only know the ELP version. Can I play the synthesizer parts on my kazoo? |
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So long as you can fit your kazoo into this tea chest, you're very welcome, {coughs} *young* sir. |
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While you're at it, why not sell history as well? Theory of gravity was discovered by Won Hun Lo etc... |
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// we'd all be standing in the tea chest singing 'Jerusalem." // |
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You mean you're not ... ? |
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Using long numerics to route circuit switched telephony is very Oldthink ... at the very least, you could upgrade to MAC addresses. |
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How about selling the name of country ? |
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