2003/2/12
Internet-based voice-over-IP now has its own IDD country code: 87810. Which is progress, though at five digits, it is a bit unwieldy, especially when compared to the codes of dinosaur nation states (by comparison, the USA and Canada are 1, the UK is 44, and Australia is 61). (via 1.0)
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2007/5/15
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