Hi

Sorry, but i may win stupid question of the day.

Can someone let me know what number someone in Canada would have to call to get hold of me in the UK?

For example my number is 01234 567890.

I am puting my contact number on my Resume and i wanted to check.

Kind regards

Dan

011 44 1234 567890

They will dial:

011 44 1234 567890

in essence its:

+ 44 1234 567890

But, in the Resume, you may want to put this as:

+ 44 (0) 1234 567890

As you would notice the first 0 is only used when calling a UK number from within the UK and is not dialed when calling the number from outside the country. Instead its replaced by the UK country code (44), but before that they would have to dial the number to get an international switch board, which in case of Canada is 011.

Ray

Many thanks for all your help.

Did i win the competition

Dan

Hands down.

i added the (0) bit, it only confused the hell out of them, i would just give them the exact number they need to call

Use the number style that Biiiiink showed you - simple and straightforward.

When you move to Canada and want to call the UK you will have to use 011 44 ???? ???? yourself anyway. Wouldn't even put a (0) in front of the UK area code as it is not required and will only confuse the matter.

Who's idea was it to stick that extra 0 in for UK phone numbers anyway?

I just tried that number....it doesn't work.

It's unemployed. A Polish guy got the job for less money.

Tony Blair. He's a ******, you know.

R.

A good way to find out what prefixes to use, see:

http://www.countrycallingcodes.com/

If you enter the country you are calling from and the country you are calling, it will give you what you need to enter before the telephone number.

Ray

I was half expecting a Thatcher rant on privatisation, but that came close....