>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
