Gee, is there global coverage already?
Get real. The official kick-off of the experiment was 16 July 1993. At that time, service was operational for: • Canberra, Australia (+61-62) • Washington, DC (+1-202) • most of Silicon Valley (+1-408, +1-415, +1-510) • parts of Riverside, California (+1-818, +1-909) • the University of Michigan (+1-313) In addition, we expect the following countries to come on-line soon: • Denmark • Finland • Ireland • Japan • Sweden Many enterprises, such as companies, universities, and government R&D centers, are also coming on-line. The basic idea is that each participating site registers a “cell” indicating the portion of the international telephone number space that they are willing to provide access to. A cell can be a continent, a campus, abuilding, or a single phone number.
