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From: roeber@portia.caltech.edu (Roeber, Frederick)
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Subject: Re: Calling 800 Numbers From Europe
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In article <11764@accuvax.nwu.edu>, knop@duteca.tudelft.nl (P.
Knoppers) writes...

>Well, it is true from the Netherlands. It is not possible to reach 800
>numbers from this country. Apparently they are blocked in the
>international exchanges of PTT telecom, the Dutch phone monopoly
>holder.

It's not possible from Switzerland, either.  I tried.  The attitude of
the Swiss PTT (like most other Swiss organizations..) is, "If we can't
make money off of it, you can't do it."


Frederick Roeber, roeber@caltech.edu