For the record: US INTL 1-800 = +1 880 1-888 = +1 881 1-877 = +1 882 1-866 = +1 883 1-855 = +1 884 1-844 = +1 885 1-833 = +1 886 1-822 = +1 887 This is according to Bellcore, the people who run the NANP. The codes on the left are the ones reserved for domestic toll-free services, and the ones on the right are reserved for the corresponding international semi-toll-free services. I use "semi-toll-free" to mean that the US charges are paid by the callee, while the intl charges are paid by the caller. Sean's point, as told to me privately, was that the people at the DISA NOC didn't know this, and couldn't provide any other means for someone outside the US to contact them (direct toll call, etc). Stephen Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 11:57:45AM +0200, Foley, Grant wrote:
1-800 numbers are difficult to dial outside the US.
Not if you dial 1-880 instead....
To clarify, certain areas have a dialling hack that allows you to dial either +1 880 to get an equivalent 800 number, or +880, as long as you pay the charges. It's been a while since this came up on c.d.t, but I believe it was a Canada hack, implemented the former way, rather than an international hack, implemented the latter.
Of course, the former hack will die the minute someone allocates 880, but I think that code's reserved.
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