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Yo John! This is not the way it is in Singapore. a US 800 is just a +1 800 there. I have used this many times recently.. RGDS GARY On 10 Sep 1999, John R. Levine wrote: > Date: 10 Sep 1999 11:06:34 -0400 > From: John R. Levine <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Newsgroups: local.nanog > Subject: Re: Direct Phone Number which is regarding for AS297 > > > >ISTR +1-888-xxxx being the international equivalent of 1-800-xxxx > > Close, but no. The prefixes for international "caller pays" calls to > US toll free numbers are: > > US Int'l > > (800) xxx-xxxx -> +1 880 xxx xxxx > (888) xxx-xxxx -> +1 881 xxx xxxx > (877) xxx-xxxx -> +1 882 xxx xxxx > > 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. > > So I agree, any NOC or anyone else who expects to be reachable from > all over the world needs to have a regular old phone number. For > companies that have some internal phone magic to route their 800 > number that they want to use for all their calls, it would be quite > adequate to have a POTS number somewhere in the US that is > call-forwarded to the 800 number, since that call-forward is invisible > to the caller. > > > > -- > 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 > > RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Ave, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 [email protected] Tel:+1(541)382-8588 Fax: +1(541)382-8676
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