[SixSigma]

> Puerto Rico is a part of the United States

PR is an unincorporated territory i.e. not part of the United States.

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

[Spooky23]

That's not really accurate. That status was developed for the transitional period after the Spanish American War, and subsequent legislation and court cases evolved that initial state.

It's really a colony, unlike US States it isn't a sovereign entity unto itself, and is essentially at the mercy of congress with respect to self-governance and other things.

[__derek__]

That's a distinction without a difference for the purposes of the comment to which you replied.

[SixSigma]

Not really. As it has its own administration and ergo telecoms system. It makes as much sense as "the UK is part of the US"

[emodendroket]

Right, yeah, who could forget how the US has sovereignty over the UK? What a nonsensical comparison.

[ubernostrum]

Puerto Rico is not a state of the United States.

Puerto Rico is territory of and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

[Declanomous]

I understand the political nuance, but PR phone numbers work just like a phone number from the 50 states for everyone else I know.