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From: piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum)
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Subject: Re: Toll-free 800 Equivalents in Foreign Countries?
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Date: 11 Apr 90 16:47:59 GMT
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In article <6035@accuvax.nwu.edu>, pjd@hpuxa (Peter J. Dotzauer) writes:

 `Does anyone have a list of toll-free services for foreign countries,
 `such as the 800 service in North America and the 0130 service in
 `Germany?

In the Netherlands we have 06- numbers, which appear in three groups:

06-0 and 06-4 numbers are free, like 800-series numbers. These are
also called 'Green numbers'.  The numbers come in two sizes: small
ones, like 06-0418, which is the international directory, and large
ones, these currently are of the form 06-x22yyyy where x = 0 or 4.

06-3 or 06-9 numbers where the caller pays and the calle gets a share
of the money. These are usually used for sex lines or information
services.  The usual cost id Dfl 0.50 ($0.25) per minute. In
advertisements where these numbers are mentioned the price MUST be
stated.

06-8 numbers share the cost between caller and callee, usually
government information services, bus schedule information and things
like that.


Piet* van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University,
Padualaan 14, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Telephone: +31-30-531806   Uucp:   uunet!mcsun!ruuinf!piet
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