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American phone numbers keep saying "The number you have dialed not recognised"

I need to phone some US universities but when I dial them on my landline they all say "the number you have dialed has not been recognised" Even though I put 1 at the start
you are dialling 00-1-nnn-nnn-nnnn aren't you ?
Since you're making an international call, did you add a + and 1 at the beginning of the number?
What number are you trying to dial? What number are you physically dialing? Are you dialing from the UK? Does your landline allow international calls? Is the voice American or British?
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Original post by zippyRN
you are dialling 00-1-nnn-nnn-nnnn aren't you ?


001 worked, thanks
Original post by zyzzyspirit
Since you're making an international call, did you add a + and 1 at the beginning of the number?


the + indicates that you should dial your local international access code ( which for UK numbering plan is 00)
Original post by zippyRN
the + indicates that you should dial your local international access code ( which for UK numbering plan is 00)


Ah. I always figured it was a + everywhere. Nevermind then :getmecoat:
Download this app Pinger or Textfree from this US AppStore, and you can make free calls to US and Canada through wifi :biggrin: Or maybe it's still on the UK AppStore :P


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