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Re: [LUG] OT: calling a US 0800 #

 

2009/7/30 tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> OK do I dial 001800.. or 0010800... just tried both and neither work for me!
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It would be 001800, 00 being the international access code, 1 being
the country code, and 800 being the area code. There is no 0800 in the
US. There is a 1800, but the 1 is the long-distance access code.

So to dial the TellMe (some MS-owned speech recognition information
service thing) service, the number in the US is 1-800-555-8355.

You would dial 0018005558355 from the UK. You should get a patronising
"it's not toll-free outside the US" message before the call connects.

Shaun

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