Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon

Re:Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon by toast0 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:36AM (#24838583)

I like it, but +66 is Thailand already.

It would probably get one of the available +87x or +88x codes. If they aren't just going to issue numbers from the home country.

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Re:Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon by reaperducer on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:39AM (#24838637)

I like it, but +66 is Thailand already.

Maybe Thailand could be reassigned. Like when Mexico dropped out of +1 to become +52.

Or maybe instead of +, we dial & to get off-planet.

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Re:Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon by iso1631 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:14PM (#24839920)

You're suggesting an entire country of millions of people change their phone numbers because America decides that it wants to create a new international area code which happens to match the word "moon" in English?

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Re:Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon by notRobot on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:28PM (#24840095)

Seems like a completely sensible option to me. What objections do you have?

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Re:Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon by ranbumo on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @08:56PM (#24843894)

If anything, it should be luna and not moon.

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Re:Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon by reaperducer on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @02:23PM (#24840712)

You're suggesting an entire country of millions of people change their phone numbers

Yes. It's been done before. And considering the available space, eventually the moon could have more people on it than Thailand.

because America

What makes you think that only one country will use phones on the moon?

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Re:Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon by iso1631 on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @07:20AM (#24846667)

6666 is meaningless for people who speak French (that would be lune, 5863), or German (Mond, 6663), or Spanish (Luna, 5862). The rest of the world would be quite happy with say +83 for interplanetary codes.

Perhaps America should change its country code from +1 to say +889, and open up +100 through +199 for others.

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Re:Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon by nitrogen on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @03:48PM (#24841645)

"Luna" 5862 might be a better option if there isn't already a 58?

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Re:Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon by teddyh on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:07PM (#24841842)

58 is Venezuela.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes

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Re:Nokia selected by NASA to build cellular network on the moon by edgyquant on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:32PM (#24842074)

There should definitely be a prefix for celestial bodies added. Probably a lot of work though so we’ll just give each body a country code.

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