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From: wrf@mab.ecse.rpi.edu (Wm Randolph Franklin)
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Subject: Re: 1-800 Numbers From Europe
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In article <10639@accuvax.nwu.edu> ge@phoibos.cs.kun.nl (Ge Weijers)
asks about calling an 800 number from Europe.

>[Moderator's Note: About all you can do at this point is call the
>appropriate Directory Assistance Bureau and get the 'regular' number,
>then place an toll call. 

Not any more.  AT&T's Dial Direct (or whatever) will call at least
some 800 numbers from Europe.  I think they charge the regular amount:
$4 plus $1/minute, regardless of the time of day.  I haven't tried
MCI's Call America, which is about the same price; they might do 800
numbers also.

Contrary to the ads not all the operators for this service speak
fluent English, but they are understandable.

These numbers are not listed in foreign phonebooks in any place I've
looked, so be sure to take them with you, or failing that look in a
copy of the IHT.


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