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  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    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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      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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      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.

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        NA has +1 because the US invented the telephone. Canada is America’s hat.

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          Graham Bell also moved to Canada.

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            And now we have our most evil telecom, Bell

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              You sure they’re not tied with Rogers?

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                To be honest, all three are tied for first place evil

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                  Oligopolies control Canada :/

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          Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish, who moved to Canada and then moved to the US.

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