Kafkaesque dialing rules coming up in Mexico

Cell phones are supposed to make our lives easier. That maxim apparently doesnt apply in Mexico, where new rules that go into effect Nov. 4 makes calling to or from a cell phone something like a calculus problem. The statesman reports.

''There will be at least 13 different dialing combinations depending where youre calling from or what phone system you use. For example, if youre calling long distance to a cell phone from a regular phone, youll dial 045 before the number. If youre calling a local cell number from a fixed line, its 044. But if youre calling long distance to a cell phone and you dont have Telmex, Mexicos near-monopolistic phone company, you just have to dial 01 before the number.

Needless to say, many Mexicans are up in arms over these Kafkaesque rules.''
10/17/2006 8:47:21 PM
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