Talk:Telephone numbers in the Americas

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"540" is the area code for rural western Virginia, including the city of Blacksburg. It is not a premium area code.

The article does not say it is a premium area code. It says that in some areas 540 it is an exchange prefix for premium calls.

Mexico is not central america, I am editing.

You are right. According to one definition of North America, it includes all Central America; that's of course not the definition used here. According to the other definition, North America begins at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and therefore almost all of Mexico is in North America. On the other hand, Mexico is not part of the North American Numbering Plan, so the North America section must be divided accordingly.132.192.14.232 01:03, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Calling to Mexican mobile phones

I think that calling Mexico mobile phones from outside Mexico requires a 1 after the country code but before the city code. (ie 011+52+1+81+8d for a Monterrey mobile) I believe this is a caller paid service. Unfortunately I can find little documentation of the caller paid comment, but the 1 after the country and before the city is on http://www.kropla.com/city_mexico.htm which I have been using for many years and consider a reliable and vetted authority. If I find a credible source for the caller paid portion I will add it here (or perhaps edit the page). Mdoneil 04:04, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I found something on AT&T website, the link is in the article itself.[1] It states that "1" is required before the area code when calling a mobile phone and "Calls to a mobile number in Mexico will include an additional per minute mobile termination charge (MTC)". I think the MTC is something like caller-pay. As AT&T is a major US telco, its website should be quite reliable. I will add something about this into the article.--Joshua ^{Say "hi" to me!}_{What have I done?} 13:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)