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Old Mar 19th 2008, 1:13 am
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Default please dont laugh i know its a dumb question but!!

if i was calling from Australia to the u.k what do i put before the phone number

i.e if i was calling say this made up number 01268756463 what do i need to put in front is it 4401268 etc or 441268 etc

please i know it sounds a dumb question but i need to know for someone

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Old Mar 19th 2008, 1:17 am
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Originally Posted by michell
if i was calling from Australia to the u.k what do i put before the phone number

i.e if i was calling say this made up number 01268756463 what do i need to put in front is it 4401268 etc or 441268 etc

please i know it sounds a dumb question but i need to know for someone

kind regards
michell
001144 1268 756463
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Old Mar 19th 2008, 1:27 am
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Default Re: please dont laugh i know its a dumb question but!!

Originally Posted by Pollyana
001144 1268 756463

Just to split out Pollyana's already coorect answer:

0011 (code to get an international line out of Australia)
44 (country code for the UK)
then leave out the first 0 of either the landline or mobile number
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Old Mar 19th 2008, 1:31 am
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Originally Posted by Pollyana
001144 1268 756463
many thanks to you pollyana

kind regards
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(actually that someone was me but felt a bit dumb asking, put it down to being very late here )

also thank you also jayr

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Old Mar 19th 2008, 1:42 am
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Originally Posted by michell
many thanks to you pollyana

kind regards
michell

(actually that someone was me but felt a bit dumb asking, put it down to being very late here )

also thank you also jayr
While on the subject of international dialling:

Telstra are extemely expensive for making international calls; and alternative landline providers like Optus are only a liitle better.

I recommend to anyone to get a Phone Card for making international calls. These can be bought in most newsagents and usually get printed out on a normal looking receipt whihc includes your PIN and numbers you need to dial to access the service.

Some cards have a connection fee; often 70c with a a lower minute rate. However, this means you get charged 70c everytime you misdail/hit an answerign machine.

My preference is for no connection fee but higher minute rate.

I currently use DAYBREAK which I think charges about 3c per minute to call the UK.

I once calculated my 'phonecard equivalent' cost of the $90 of international calls I'd made on Telstra. The Phone card would have cost $10.
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Old Mar 19th 2008, 1:43 am
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Is it an emergency call? Heres hoping not!
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Old Mar 19th 2008, 1:54 am
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Is it an emergency call? Heres hoping not!
Hi charming man,
was that post aimed at me? if it was no its not an emergency, i have just had my second positive E-mail from a prospective sponsor asking for our postal address and telephone numbers here in the u.k (even though they are on hubby's resume) asking when would be a convenient time for them to call hubby, i just wanted it to look a bit more proffesional with putting the international and country code in front of our number.


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kali tihi!
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Old Mar 19th 2008, 3:48 am
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When OH was job hunting from the UK he got an Australian "Skype In" number which meant that he could give people an Australian number to call for interviews etc. I think it cost around 15 pounds for the year. Now we are in Sydney we have a UK Skype In number so people can call us for a local rate. You can set Skype so it comes through to your landline/mobile rather than your computer if it's not switched on.
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