-=> Dallas Hinton wrote to Denis Mosko <=-   
      
    DH> North America (both Canada and the USA - I don't know about Mexico) use   
    DH> the pattern 1-123-456-7890 Where 1 is the country code, 123 is the area   
    DH> code, 456 is the exchange within that area code, and 7890 is the actual   
    DH> unique subscriber phone number. In the old days, several subscribers   
    DH> would have the same phone number and the number of rings (e.g. 2 rings,   
    DH> space, 2 rings, or 1 ring, space, 1 ring) would indicate which of the   
    DH> "parties" was being called. This was called a party line. To the best   
    DH> of my knowledge there are no party lines in existence these days.   
      
   	Actually, if I remember well, the country codes have been    
   	defined by the ITU, and each country has a slightly different   
   	order for the area codes compared to the US conventions.    
      
   	Party lines were very popular during the 90's, but I don't    
   	believe they exist today.   
      
   ---   
    * Origin: Brain Storm BBS * http://www.bsbbs.com.br * Recife,Brazil   
   (4:801/189)