October 16, 2006
Kafkaesque dialing rules coming up in Mexico
Cell phones are supposed to make our lives easier. That maxim apparently doesn’t 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 you’re calling from or what phone system you use. For example, if you’re calling long distance to a cell phone from a regular phone, you’ll dial 045 before the number. If you’re calling a local cell number from a fixed line, it’s 044. But if you’re calling long distance to a cell phone and you don’t have Telmex, Mexico’s 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."
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