15 Apr
2016
15 Apr
'16
5:48 p.m.
NA has a 10 digit scheme (3 area code - 7 local) though most of the time you end up dialing the 10 digits.
Australia has a 9 digit scheme (1 area code - 8 local) ...
North America uses en bloc signalling, Australia uses CCITT style compelled signalling. That's why you have variable length numbers and the split between area code and local number can change.
We are no longer in a age where we need to route calls on a digit by digit basis.
Right. North America left that age in 1947, the rest of the world only caught up in the 2000s. R's, John