• 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    US is part of the NANP which means they have their own system for beyond +1, which is shared with Canada and half the Caribbean, and so they were given the whole of +1 rather than +10, +11, +12 etc. all resolving to the same thing, or +10 being for about 10 different countries while +11 was for one

    Then the Soviet Union wanted a single digit too, which is why Russia and Kazakhstan share +7

    • Dave@lemmy.nz
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      8 months ago

      Haha I wondered if the US and Russia being the main places with a single digit was related.