Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 24 May 91 20:47:50 GMT From: Bob Hale Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Calling US 800-Numbers From New Zealand Message-ID: Organization: Brooktree Corporation, San Diego Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 395, Message 5 of 14 Lines: 16 A friend of mine just returned from six months in New Zealand. While he was there he received a letter from the IRS claiming that he owed money. Since the letter was not decipherable due to lack of information he asked us to get him a telephone number so that he could call the IRS. The 800 number that the IRS gives you does not work from New Zealand. The normal phone number that we finally extracted from the IRS connects the caller to a recording telling the caller to use the 800 number. Catch 22. Bob Hale ...!ucsd!btree!hale 619-535-3234 ...!btree!hale@ucsd.edu