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Re: making sense of telephone number
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 26 October 08 22:49 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Andy,

I was more concerned with how much it would cost my brother if I phoned him.

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« Reply #10 on: Sunday 26 October 08 23:06 GMT (UK) »
Hi Kassie

The cost to your brother will also depend on what tariff he's on - could be costly as a "reunion" call is unlikely to be short!  Why don't you email and ask if he has Skype or similar - its free then!

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Re: making sense of telephone number
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 26 October 08 23:10 GMT (UK) »
You have to add the international dialling code to get a number to another country. I've just checked the BT website http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/search/international/record.publisha?id=L40
and they say to call the UK from Canada you need to dial 011 44 plus the number, but without the first 0, so 011 44 7815 etc.

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« Reply #12 on: Sunday 26 October 08 23:14 GMT (UK) »
That is what I thought Arranroots.  It is kind of complicated but for reasons which I will not go into, I can not e-mail him.

I am going to text him and wait for a response.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Will be on the Welsh boards soon.

best wishes
Kassie

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Re: making sense of telephone number
« Reply #13 on: Monday 27 October 08 12:04 GMT (UK) »
Kassie,

You may well know this already, but if you're texting you can put  + in front of the 44 instead of the international 011 code. So +44 7815... will do the trick.
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