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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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Date: 13 Sep 90 02:30:53 GMT
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ballerup@diku.dk (Per Gotterup), roeber@portia.caltech.edu 

(Frederick Roeber), and knop@duteca.tudelft.nl (P. Knoppers) tell us
that 800 numbers don't work from the Netherlands, Switzerland, or
Denmark (respectively), with the national PTTs often having the
attitude, "If we can't make money off of it, you can't do it."

I should point out also that I offered to pay for the call myself (I'm
the one in Switzerland), but the operator said it was totally
impossible.

I was trying to call Citibank VISA/MC, at the customer service number
they put on their bills.  Since they have now started printing on my
bills a 619 number, with instructions to call collect, I rather doubt
they wanted their 800 number restricted to NA.

On the other hand, information in the U.S. was free.

                    << Frederick G.M. Roeber >>
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