connecting to 1-800 number

Don't forget to type the country code first. Look in your phone book for how.

I wonder if U.S. toll free numbers can only be called from within the U.S.?

Good luck,
Gary

You can't (in all likelihood).

The contact would need to setup an 0-800 (or 0-888) number in the UK that links to their number in the U.S.

It is quite common that 1-800 numbers for businesses in the U.S. are accessible exclusively in the "lower 48" only, not accepting calls from Alaska and Hawaii, as well as "exotic" location like the UK, and even Canada.

The options are:
1 - perhaps they'll accept a "collect call"
2 - the caller eats the charges
3 - email
4 - IP telephony across the Internet to minimise costs to the caller
5 - some other Internet tool like chat, V/C etc.

The 1-800 numbers donot work for International calls,they are set to work in the U.S. only.

It is possible to use a gatekeeper, (like net2phone or similar), that actually originates a dial session in the USA, or Canada, and elsewhere. (many 800 numbers are NAFTA wide and not USA only, depends on the DUNS).

Every call is a local call, on the internet ...

All the above are partially correct, although it depends on the carriers gateway switch and if it is blocked for US only access. Attempting the country code (using a regular) connection will answer your question (if you get a modem tone you got through).

GOOD LUCK!

I travel a lot and have had the problem before.
First of all 1 is the country code for USA and 800 is instead of the city code.
Some 1-800 no. (I dont know if its the 800 no or the Long Distance carrier in that country) have a massage when you call from outside the USA that if you dont hang up you will have to pay charges. Other dont let you call. Some times I even had that there wasnt any massage and it worked (of cource I was billed Long Distance Charges).
The best way is to purchace an american Calling Card that works in the UK and use it to connect to the 800 no.
Most of the time a 800 no. is just routed to a local no. so if you can find out the local no. you can call that.
Or you can call someone in the states and then ask him/her to connect you to the 800 no (thru 3 Way calling or conf on a multi line phone).

Dial the country code and then 800 number.

It is not a toll-free call from overseas.

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