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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: use of the plus sign |
| Date | 2019-02-01 14:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <egsdif-miu.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
| References | <s8805e9n4ld11jjv8ebhp6u0u5nc01rch2@4ax.com> <gbamr0FtkdkU1@mid.individual.net> <x9-dnbJcIN_JvsnBnZ2dnUU78WXNnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> |
On 01/02/2019 11.45, NY wrote: > "Andy Burns" <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote in message > news:gbamr0FtkdkU1@mid.individual.net... >> micky wrote: >> >>> if I were to call 202-123-4567, a phone number in NYC, >>> while I was in NYC, and I used an entry in my contact list to do it, and >>> the entry had the number as 011-1-202-123-4567, would the phone company >>> and the cellular company note that I'm calling FROM country 1 TO country >>> 1? And therefore it's not actually an international call >> >> yes, which is why international travellers will generally enter all >> numbers into their mobile phones in + format >> >>> So you might need 011-44-020-456-7890 to call a number in the UK from >>> the US >>> but you'd need 00-44-020-456-7890 to call a number in the UK from >>> Spain. >> >> The 00 as the international dialling prefix holds true for most/all(?) >> of europe, but the 0 after the country code 44 for the UK should be >> omitted, some people tend to write it as >> >> +44 (0)20 4567890 >> >> but it isn't an official format, and not everyone would know to omit >> the zero when dialling internationally, but leave it in when dialling >> nationally. > > It is a great shame that here in the UK our exchanges can't be > programmed so that incoming international calls automatically drop a > zero (if any) that immediately follows the 44 country code, on the > ground that no STD (national area) code starts with a zero. > > That would avoid having to faff around with writing numbers as: > > +44 (0)20 4567890 > > or (the BT preferred format) > > 020 4567890 (national) > +44 20 4567890 (international) > > I wonder if there are any other countries which start all their national > area codes with a digit which *must* be dialled for calls within that > country and which *must not* be dialled for calls from outside that > country. Long ago, Spain. The 9 in the area code had to be dropped. That was before 1997 IIRC. That year the numbering system was modified so that the area code in full has to be dialed even inside that area, so that all numbers would be 9 digit long, and opening other ranges starting with 8 or others. -- Cheers, Carlos.
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use of the plus sign micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2019-01-29 04:47 -0500
Re: use of the plus sign Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2019-01-29 10:05 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2019-01-29 10:11 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2019-01-29 06:55 -0500
Re: use of the plus sign "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2019-02-01 10:45 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2019-02-01 12:07 +0100
Re: use of the plus sign "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2019-02-01 11:54 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2019-02-01 10:17 -0500
Re: use of the plus sign Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2019-02-01 15:28 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2019-02-01 16:58 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2019-02-01 17:29 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-02-01 18:53 +0100
Re: use of the plus sign "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2019-02-01 18:05 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-02-01 19:59 +0100
Re: use of the plus sign Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2019-02-01 21:09 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2019-02-01 22:08 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2019-02-02 00:21 -0500
Re: use of the plus sign Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2019-02-02 09:23 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-02-01 23:22 +0100
Re: use of the plus sign Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2019-02-02 19:27 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2019-02-01 21:58 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2019-02-02 11:12 +0100
Re: use of the plus sign Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2019-02-02 18:04 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2019-02-02 18:12 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2019-02-02 19:52 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-02-02 15:23 -0500
Re: use of the plus sign "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-02-01 14:00 +0100
Re: use of the plus sign "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-01-29 13:20 +0100
Re: use of the plus sign micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2019-01-30 07:51 -0500
Re: use of the plus sign Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> - 2019-01-29 13:54 +0000
Re: use of the plus sign Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2019-01-29 18:00 +0100
Re: use of the plus sign Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2019-02-02 07:34 +1300
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