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[reaperducer]

Does this mean the ITU is going to assign the moon a country code? I vote for +6666 (MOON).

Who decides what parts of the moon get what area codes?

Imagine how long it will take to get Orange to instal a landline in a crater!

[toast0 → reaperducer]

I like it, but +66 is Thailand already.

It would probably get one of the available +87x or +88x codes. If they aren't just going to issue numbers from the home country.

[reaperducer → toast0]

I like it, but +66 is Thailand already.

Maybe Thailand could be reassigned. Like when Mexico dropped out of +1 to become +52.

Or maybe instead of +, we dial & to get off-planet.

[iso1631 → reaperducer]

You're suggesting an entire country of millions of people change their phone numbers because America decides that it wants to create a new international area code which happens to match the word "moon" in English?

[notRobot → iso1631]

Seems like a completely sensible option to me. What objections do you have?

[ranbumo → notRobot]

If anything, it should be luna and not moon.

[reaperducer → iso1631]

You're suggesting an entire country of millions of people change their phone numbers

Yes. It's been done before. And considering the available space, eventually the moon could have more people on it than Thailand.

because America

What makes you think that only one country will use phones on the moon?

[iso1631 → reaperducer]

6666 is meaningless for people who speak French (that would be lune, 5863), or German (Mond, 6663), or Spanish (Luna, 5862). The rest of the world would be quite happy with say +83 for interplanetary codes.

Perhaps America should change its country code from +1 to say +889, and open up +100 through +199 for others.

[nitrogen → reaperducer]

"Luna" 5862 might be a better option if there isn't already a 58?

[teddyh → nitrogen]

58 is Venezuela.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes

[edgyquant → reaperducer]

There should definitely be a prefix for celestial bodies added. Probably a lot of work though so we’ll just give each body a country code.

[_Microft → reaperducer]

Suggestion: doubling the international call prefix to 'dial out' of Earth's networks and followed by a new code to dial into the Moon's.

[JdeBP → _Microft]

There is no single "the" international call prefix for the whole world, and quite a lot of telephony operates with E.164 format internally.

[cmroanirgo → reaperducer]

Isn't the + a shorthand for the international part of the code, which changes per country. My country (oz) it's 0011 (and faxes were/are 0015). So you don't need to create new country codes or boot countries into new prefixes, but just supply a new interplanetary prefix.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_call_p...

[anticensor → reaperducer]

What about +CCC?

[ztjio → reaperducer]

Why would it be 6666 and not 5862?

[FlyMoreRockets → ztjio]

I vote for 20010.

[iratewizard → reaperducer]

The conspiracy theorists would go rabid.