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On 10 Sep 1999, John R. Levine wrote: > It is my impression that the implementation of these numbers depend on > a lot of complicated telco stuff, and you can't reliably expect them > to work everywhere. Remember that the US has many long distance > companies, and each toll-free number is individually routed to the > carrier that handles it, meaning that someone has to do a database dip > to route these calls to the appropriate carrier once they reach the > US. It's not like normal numbers where every LD company can deliver > any call. Correct, this greatly depends on the international telco. Some countries have used 888 and other blocks for other uses so this greatly complicates matters. I was in Jamaica last month and had to used simplified 32 digit dialing to call a 800 number and that only worked some of the time. -- Check out the new Telecom tools site http://www.robotics.net/clec/ ><> Nathan Stratton Telecom & ISP Consulting http://www.robotics.net [email protected] > John R. Levine, IECC, POB 727, Trumansburg NY 14886 +1 607 387 6869 > [email protected], Village Trustee and Sewer Commissioner, http://iecc.com/johnl, > Member, Provisional board, Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail
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