• deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    Weird how they split up Europe into a patchwork.

    I’m guessing it’s because France refused to share a prefix code with Britain.

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      8 months ago

      Or more likely, they had a mutual agreement until Britain wanted its own thing, so they exit the deal. Seems like something the English would do. We could have called it Brexit or something

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      8 months ago

      It’s not a million miles away from the truth. The UK and France were the main advocates behind the ITU, so they got +33 and +44. Which is…fine…but I’ve not come across why NA got +1, etc. or even why those numbers were chosen at all.