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
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.
It’s interesting to me that Africa is 2. I’d assume that when these were implemented Africa would be a cultural afterthought and Europe would’ve gotten number 2.
US is part of the NANP which means they have their own system for beyond +1, which is shared with Canada and half the Caribbean, and so they were given the whole of +1 rather than +10, +11, +12 etc. all resolving to the same thing, or +10 being for about 10 different countries while +11 was for one
Then the Soviet Union wanted a single digit too, which is why Russia and Kazakhstan share +7
I love how the division in Europe vaguely looks like the Protestant Reformation led to different prefix numbers (I know I know, Poland & co don't match)
The various reverse lookup services all seem to be strongest in different areas, but generally I start with tineye and Yandex and only try the others if I don't find what I need.
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Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works · 52 pts · 2y
Its settled, Greenland is neither North American or European, its African.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 2y
Weird how they split up Europe into a patchwork.
I’m guessing it’s because France refused to share a prefix code with Britain.
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
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
allywilson@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 2y
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.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 2y
NA has +1 because the US invented the telephone. Canada is America's hat.
can@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Graham Bell also moved to Canada.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
And now we have our most evil telecom, Bell
can@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
You sure they're not tied with Rogers?
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
To be honest, all three are tied for first place evil
can@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Oligopolies control Canada :/
allywilson@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2y
Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish, who moved to Canada and then moved to the US.
GCanuck@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
It’s interesting to me that Africa is 2. I’d assume that when these were implemented Africa would be a cultural afterthought and Europe would’ve gotten number 2.
Curious what the thought process was there.
Dave@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 2y
It's interesting to me that the US, Canada, Russia, and Kazakhstan get single digit codes, and the rest of the world get double or triple digits.
1rre@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y
US is part of the NANP which means they have their own system for beyond +1, which is shared with Canada and half the Caribbean, and so they were given the whole of +1 rather than +10, +11, +12 etc. all resolving to the same thing, or +10 being for about 10 different countries while +11 was for one
Then the Soviet Union wanted a single digit too, which is why Russia and Kazakhstan share +7
Dave@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 2y
Haha I wondered if the US and Russia being the main places with a single digit was related.
Flyswat@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
Even more curious is Groenland being +2 too
frefi@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 2y
The US is literally #1
Edit: plus Canada, I didn't know we were country calling code buddies 🫶
Swarfega@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 2y
They needed to make it simple for Americans
frefi@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 2y
Awww :(
I was just pointing it out because we're never #1 in anything that isn't horrible these days
Swarfega@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
Don't worry. I was only joking.
America is #1 at lots of things, like... erm... yeah. Lots of things.
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
... Definitely at claiming to be #1. #1 bad or good. Doesn't matter. #1 lol.
Nobody has loved or hated America more than America.
flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 2y
The only other pair sharing the same number are Russia and Kazakhstan with 7
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
It's the award for helping foster the growth of the technology. America is a Petrie dish for tech and they use their people as agar.
Jyrdano@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Czechia is 420 😎
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de · 9 pts · 2y
now do IP addresses
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y
One could argue, and one could argue that I'm arguing exactly that right now, that a map is not strictly speaking a list.
ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
I could also agree that a map is just a multidimensional list. But this is map_enthusiasts NOT list_enthusiasts, so... Um... What was the point?
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
I find that it's often easiest to start typing and hope a point finds me along the way. Doesn't always work!
Blaze@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 2y
Feel free to post your own maps
deliriousn0mad@feddit.it · 4 pts · 2y
I love how the division in Europe vaguely looks like the Protestant Reformation led to different prefix numbers (I know I know, Poland & co don't match)
son_named_bort@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Mongolia has a calling code that's too hot to handle
cali_ash@lemmy.wtf · 3 pts · 2y
What are those, calling codes for ants?
Blaze@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 2y
If you have a better version, feel free to provide it, I would update the link
mondoman712@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Country_calling_codes_map.svg/2560px-Country_calling_codes_map.svg.png
Blaze@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y
Thanks, updated
Deebster@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y
You might want to know about this handy site: https://imgops.com/
The various reverse lookup services all seem to be strongest in different areas, but generally I start with tineye and Yandex and only try the others if I don't find what I need.