Re: [talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers

2022-09-24 Thread stevea
Dialable, darn spell check. And, in the US, the 1-800 or 1 (800) has become 800 or (800), though not +1-800 because these are "inward" only, without the preceding 1, though some places might still need to dial this, our 11-digit / preceding 1 or 10-digit thing (not terribly hard to figure out i

Re: [talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers

2022-09-24 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
Thanks! Both wikis & the Oz guidelines updated appropriately: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines/Australian_features#Phonewords Thanks Graeme On Sun, 25 Sept 2022 at 11:48, stevea wrote: > Solutions abound! > > There is a pesky "only in this country toll-free d

Re: [talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers

2022-09-24 Thread stevea
Yeah, so this can be confusing. The 1300 prefix appears to be an Australia-only way of dialing what is followed by a six digit number (and as there are eight in the mnemonic, the last two are ignored, we get this in the states with our 1800 and flavors, like 1888 and 1877 and 1866... "toll-free

Re: [talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers

2022-09-24 Thread stevea
Solutions abound! There is a pesky "only in this country toll-free dialing" sort of thing that is a number domestically (AU only) and then what appears to be its international number, something in NANPA's 710, or what is a moldy-oldy US federal government "thing" with exactly one working number

Re: [talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers

2022-09-24 Thread Dian Ă…gesson
uld ignore the marketing. On 22/9/22 17:44, Phil Wyatt wrote: Personally, I would just do the 6 as the others are redundant From: Graeme Fitzpatrick Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2022 3:47 PM To: OSM-Au Subject: [talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers Just fixing a Note, & the company

Re: [talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers

2022-09-24 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
Wyatt wrote: > > Personally, I would just do the 6 as the others are redundant > > > > *From:* Graeme Fitzpatrick > *Sent:* Thursday, 22 September 2022 3:47 PM > *To:* OSM-Au > *Subject:* [talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers > > > > Just fixing a Note

Re: [talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers

2022-09-22 Thread Warin
I too would ignore the marketing. On 22/9/22 17:44, Phil Wyatt wrote: Personally, I would just do the 6 as the others are redundant *From:*Graeme Fitzpatrick *Sent:* Thursday, 22 September 2022 3:47 PM *To:* OSM-Au *Subject:* [talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers Just fixing a N

Re: [talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers

2022-09-22 Thread Phil Wyatt
Personally, I would just do the 6 as the others are redundant From: Graeme Fitzpatrick Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2022 3:47 PM To: OSM-Au Subject: [talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers Just fixing a Note, & the company's phone number is listed on their website as 1300

[talk-au] "Wrong" phone numbers

2022-09-21 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
Just fixing a Note, & the company's phone number is listed on their website as 1300 xx xx, as they have their name in it. If you dial it though, the system will ignore the last two digits, as the first 10 make a valid number So how do we map it? Phone numbers are supposed to be formatted as 1