Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: cowan@marob.masa.com (John Cowan) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Who Answers the Phone in Fiji? Message-ID: <11874@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 4 Sep 90 17:02:11 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: ESCC, New York City Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 628, Message 4 of 14 In article <11559@accuvax.nwu.edu> Tom Perrine writes: >About eight years ago I was calling work in San Diego from Pheonix >using my brand-spanky-new calling card and I *did* get Perth, >Australia. It is, of course, just a matter of an extra 0 at the >beginning: > 0 1 619 4XX XXXX San Diego via calling card I think you botched this. To dial using a calling card, one utters 0+NPA+NXX-XXXX, not 0+1+NPA etc. 01 is the prefix for operator- assisted international calling, so the switch did the right thing. > 0 01 61 9 4XX XXXX International via calling card 001 is not international. 011 is direct-dial international, and 01 is operator-assisted (calling card, etc.). 00 means "get the IXC operator" if it means anything at all. cowan@marob.masa.com (aka ...!hombre!marob!cowan)