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Country calling codes date from the 60s and yet the US (and Canada?) are still +1. The real answer is that it’s way too much work to change now for essentially
by granzymes 3y ago
Country calling codes date from the 60s and yet the US (and Canada?) are still +1.
The real answer is that it’s way too much work to change now for essentially no benefit, so it will probably continue indefinitely unless a new system supplants the current internet.
- kelnos 3y agoThat's silly; registering new domain names and putting redirects in place is much simpler than changing a freakin' country code.
- eganist 3y ago> That's silly; registering new domain names and putting redirects in place is much simpler than changing a freakin' country code. Cool, here's a $50,000 firm fixed contract for you to go fix all the hardcoded .gov references in every single federal website, knowing how many of them will fail to handle redirects gracefully.
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- cscurmudgeon 3y agoWhy is the change needed?
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