Urgent

[Jeimuzu]

I'm in the UK. I need to rather urgently send a couple of faxes to America. I have a fax machine.

Basically, the numbers begin with 212- and 845-, for example. Do I need to add a country code? If so, where do I add it?

X-posted with EC to double chances of a quick answer.

 

[Circe Infuria]

You have to put a 1 before the numbers you have as 1 is the country code for the USA

 

[Jeimuzu]

Right. Do I ignore the - between numbers?

Basically, do I type 1845####### (censored for privacy)?

 

[Circe Infuria]

yes, just type the numbers....the "-" makes things easier to read

 

[G-Lexington]

Not entirely sure. The last time I dialed outside the US, I had a ton of numbers I had to press. You might check online for "UK to US phone".

Sorry, took to long to post. Circe's answer might work. And yes, the dashes are for our benefit. We group phone numbers together in clusters: three, three, then four. The first three are called the "area code", and indicate the part of the country you're calling - 212 is New York City, I believe. The next three used to be called the "exchange", but now aren't called anything at all. And the last four numbers, I don't believe, have ever been called anything.

Lex

 

[trawler69]

I believe you have to dial 00(international access code) 1 (code for usa) 123 (area code) etc. so basically prefix the number with 001 and miss out any leading zeros

 

[kevbo]

^ That's what I thought, too...

like when you see +1-555-555-1234, the + also means 00. On some cell phones, if you hit the asterisk key twice, it will automatically revert to a +, avoiding having to dial the 00. Some phones also do this if you hold down the zero

 

[frankfrank]

[And to clear things up, I don't really think America is number 1, we suck]

HEY!!!!!

There's an entire thread for that LOL

Don't think it's been posted to in a week or two

 

[Jeimuzu]

You are correct sir!

When I was a kid 212 served the entire city,now they have a few more.

Specifically, Manhattan.

Got this sorted in the end. Cheers!