Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Gary L Dare Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 800 Numbers and Canada Message-ID: <2391@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 23 Dec 89 18:25:05 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Gary L Dare Organization: The Ghostbusters Institute at Columbia University Lines: 30 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 591, message 6 of 8 In X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 588, Sam Ho writes: >While most 800 numbers do not work from Canada, I believe it is >possible to get US+Canada accessible 800 service. However, I've >also seen Canadians instructed to dial 112-800-NNX-XXXX, toll-free. Continent-wide 1-800 for Canada and the US is not unusual; a radio call-in show called "Rockline" (11:30 PM Eastern) has 344-ROCK for both countries. >in Canada, (cut to shot of volunteers in Vancouver) call >112-800-something. That's not unusual; for some strange reason, 1-800 numbers inside British Columbia have to be prefixed with 112-800, not 1-800. I don't know why, but when they list domestic numbers on television or whatever, there is always a seperate B.C. number like this. So if your Canadian PBS viewers are in British Columbia, then they'll have to use their BC Tel to get at the operators. NB: Remember that there are 10 Canadian provinces, each one a bit different from the other like Texas and New Hampshire and Oregon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gary L. Dare Jesus Saves! > gld@cunixB.cc.columbia.EDU *temp. Gretzky gets the rebound - > gld@cunixc.BITNET he shoots, he scores!