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Author Topic: International 'phone calls. Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 05-08-2008 07:54 PM                     What do I have to dial before the Country code to make an international call from the US? is it just a '0', i.e. 044 20 XXX XXXX for London?  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 05-08-2008 08:33 PM                        It can vary, depending on what company is servicing the phone you're making the call from. If you're making the call from a hard-line, look at that company's phone directory. International dialing instructions are usually in the front of the book. For cell phones or internet-based services (like Vonage), I'd call their operator or look at their web sites for instructions.  |  IP: Logged Charles Greenlee Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 801 From: Savannah, Ga, U.S. Registered: Jun 2006 posted 05-08-2008 08:39 PM                        Okay, since someone brought up international phone pranks, I've gotta link Ned (From Bubba the Love sponge) on here, since there isn't an upload sounds option. I can remove this if its a problem. Just thought appropriate to the subject. [ 05-08-2008, 08:51 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 05-08-2008 08:52 PM                     Sorry, but there has been no mention of phone pranks here.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 05-08-2008 09:05 PM                     This explains it In short: 1) Enter the IDD Prefix for the country you are physically located in 2) followed by the country code for the country you are calling to 3) followed by the phone number including any sort of area codes and what-not  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 05-08-2008 09:28 PM                     Looks like 011 is what I need. Thanks, I'll try it in the morning.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 05-08-2008 09:43 PM                     And here's the lazy way to figure it out http://www.countrycallingcodes.com/ You just select the country you're calling from and to then click in the middle of the phone.  |  IP: Logged Charles Greenlee Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 801 From: Savannah, Ga, U.S. Registered: Jun 2006 posted 05-08-2008 09:56 PM                        Yeah, there is. Just have to be able to see the unseen. LoL Okay, no mention of prank calls, but the talk about international calling, remonded me of the prank I linked.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-08-2008 11:20 PM                       Wow, things sure have changed. Dialing a "0" before any number used to get you an operator.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 05-08-2008 11:38 PM                     If you want an operator you simply dial 0 followed by nothing.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-09-2008 12:11 AM                        |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-09-2008 06:46 AM                        quote: Chris Slycord In short: 1) Enter the IDD Prefix for the country you are physically located in 2) followed by the country code for the country you are calling to 3) followed by the phone number including any sort of area codes and what-not. But under 3, remove the leading zero from the area code of the local number. For example, to ring my office from within the UK, it's 0113 343 5853. From the US it would be 011 44 113 343 5853.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 05-09-2008 07:41 AM                     It was the IDD prefix bit that I had the problem with, I wouldn't have guessed 011, and it doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere in the hotel. It's working now.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 05-09-2008 09:09 AM                     Tim, what's there to be confused by? If you want to talk to an operator you simply hit the 0 and nothing else. quote: Leo Enticknap But under 3, remove the leading zero from the area code of the local number. For example, to ring my office from within the UK, it's 0113 343 5853. From the US it would be 011 44 113 343 5853. That leading 0 isn't actually part of the area code. As the first link I gave pointed out, that 0 is the NDD prefix or the code you enter to call to a different city from within your country. So you aren't actually adding anything; you're just not adding something in since it makes no sense to add in a code for making a call from within the UK since you obviously aren't calling from within the UK. And I think I over-explained that.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-09-2008 09:33 AM                       I wasn't asking how to dial an operator - simply stating if you did that in the not-so-distant past, you'd GET the operator (by virtue of pressing the zero as the first digit). It goes without saying that dialing zero alone will get the operator.  |  IP: Logged

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