To plus or not to plus . . . or even, double oh

glentoran99

eDicky wrote: »

In any European country your can use 00 or + (not both) as prefix to the country code. But several other countries don't use 00 as international prefix, such as USA/Canada, and it won't work there.

So it's better to always use the universal standard, the plus sign, replacing the initial zero of a local number with + and the country code, e.g. +44, +34 etc. This will work in any country worldwide, including your home country such as +44 in UK, so if you store all your contacts in this form you will never have a problem wherever you are.

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usa is 001

redpete

glentoran99 wrote: »

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usa is 001

They mean dialling another country from the USA, not dialling the USA from here.

eDicky

glentoran99 wrote: »

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usa is 001

You're thinking of making a call TO the USA - yes, from the UK you dial 001 (or +1).

I was referring to the international prefix to use when you are in one country and are calling
to another. In the UK and many mother countries it is 00. In the USA it is 011(eg 01144 to UK), so you cannot use 00. But if you use the plus sign before the country code of the country you are calling, it will work from anywhere.

MothballsWallet

eDicky wrote: »

In any European country your can use 00 or + (not both) as prefix to the country code. But several other countries don't use 00 as international prefix, such as USA/Canada, and it won't work there.

So it's better to always use the universal standard, the plus sign, replacing the initial zero of a local number with + and the country code, e.g. +44, +34 etc. This will work in any country worldwide, including your home country such as +44 in UK, so if you store all your contacts in this form you will never have a problem wherever you are.

I second what eDicky's said - the + prefix is an international standard set out as part of the IDD standards.

hybernia

Just a quick (and inadequate) note of thanks, again, to everyone who has helped out here. It probably seemed like a silly little query but I'm maybe easily confused. Thank you all.