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Subject:Re: Use of Periods in Phone Numbers? From:David Somers <David -dot- SOMERS -at- ST -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 26 Sep 1996 11:01:51 +0200
Iain said:
<<
Here in the UK, phone numbers are generally written in the form:
01234 567890 for most numbers
or
0161 345 6789 for places where phone numbers are 7 digits.
>>
I thought the area code should be set in parenthesis, but then again things
have probably changed since I left the UK - either that or most people just
ignore the BT specification for setting 'phone numbers.
<<
In France, numbers seem to be written in the style:
45.67.89.23.45
but I don't know exactly how many digits there are, or what they refer to.
>>
All French numbers are 8 digits, unless in Paris where there is an extra '1' at
the start.
After 18 October, however, the numbering system is changing to all 10 digit
numbers (basically, Paris numbers have a '0' in front of the existing numbers,
and all others have '0x' in front of them).
