Need help calling England from USA...

I'm trying to call my friend in England with my verizon cell phone. I set up international calling earlier and was able to make a call, so I think it works. Anyway, when I call England, I get "cannot complete this call", so I'm getting frustrated.

I keep dialing 011 for international, then the phone number listed.
I'm trying to call Nottingham, and it may have a city code, too. I googled it and got 602.

I must be missing something really simple. Verizon CS wasn't too helpful, they just told me to dial 011.

TIA

Did you dial the 011+country code+city/area code+local number?

Country Code for UK should be +44

-Bill

Nottingham used to have the dialling code 0602.
All the codes changed and Nottingham ended up with 0115.
All the numbers after the dialling code will have seven numbers.
Loose the 0 from 0115 when international dialling.

So from the US +44 115 986 ???? would do it. +is your international dial out code 44 for the UK. the 986 is just an example.

If your number is something like 0602 86 ???? then its really old.
Some of the numbers had a 9 inserted to make them all longer.

Cheers.

ok,i tried that, and the search but it still did not work..

i am trying to call this number:01623 862 632

what is the prefix?? :huh2:

thank you again for your help

BB said:

Did you dial the 011+country code+city/area code+local number?

Country Code for UK should be +44

-Bill

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This should work : 0044 1623 862 632 . Good luck.

Aha,

01623 seems to have only 6 digits after the code.
Loose the first 0.

International dialling code followed by 44 1623 86? ???

Cheers.



If that doesn't work try the US embassy London to check you can dial internationally.
24 Grosvenor Square,London, W1A 1AE


Switchboard: [44] (0)20 7499-9000 (ignore the 0 in brackets)

btw.

International dialling codes very from country to country. 00 is the access code from the UK. These also can vary in hotels and from different switchboards. I'd ask your operator or check your phone book.

01623 is north Nottinghamshire and googling the number gives Ice cream, yum.

Nottingham is a different basket of lace altogether.

Cheers

Cellphone!

You might try +44 for the UK.

In Europe you can use "+" which is country independent so whatever country you're in your phone knows you want an international number.

44 for the UK.

The number would be "+44 1623 86? ???" no leading zeros and dont forget the "+".

Cheers.

where is the + on the phone?

On my Nokia you press the * key twice.

The "+" is an access designation in print.
From the U.S. try dialing 011 44 1623 862 632 (from any phone with international dialing access.)

Don't know why you want to call from a cell phone, international rates can be pretty high, it's not like the free long distance that you get within the continental US. It's probably cheaper to call from a wired phone.

greenlight said:

where is the + on the phone?

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greenlight said:

where is the + on the phone?

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On many phones you have to hold down the 0 (zero) key for a few seconds to get the "+"

PS. Probably not a good idea to post your friends FULL phone number on an open forum

Perhaps replace some of the last digits with ***'s and ask that those members that have quoted the number kindly do the same.

i was able to make one call successfully. I dialed this number and it went through
011-44-0115 846 7777

every other number I try to dial however cannot be completed as dialed. I tried to dial 011-44-01636 610 141.

almost every other number I dial does'nt work either.

Could I please have a little more help?

Try:
011 44 1623 862 632

EDIT: sorry repeat post.

greenlight said:

i was able to make one call successfully. I dialed this number and it went through
011-44-0115 846 7777

every other number I try to dial however cannot be completed as dialed. I tried to dial 011-44-01636 610 141.

almost every other number I dial does'nt work either.

Could I please have a little more help?

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Ok. I am getting somewhere, I was able to make the above call. It only has six digits. Other numbers have more digits and I cannot get through.

I am trying to call my friend 011 44 58331xxx in Nottingham but I cannot get through.

Try:
011 44 1158 331 xxx

greenlight said:

Ok. I am getting somewhere, I was able to make the above call. It only has six digits. Other numbers have more digits and I cannot get through.

I am trying to call my friend 011 44 58331xxx in Nottingham but I cannot get through.

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Ok... that finally worked. I was able to leave a message for my friend.

But still, every other number I try to dial doesn't go thru.

But still, every other number I try to dial doesn't go thru.\
I can't begin to figure out the numbering system for England.
I'd like to be able to call places easily without having to ask here for the correct string of numbers to enter.

You might want to confirm that you have the correct number to begin with. Some of those numbers looked a bit short. Telephone numbers in Europe are generally 7-8 numbers. For the city code in a European number, if you receive a city code that starts with a leading zero, disregard the zero.

i.e. if someone gives you a phone number of say +353 01 5555 123

The + indicates that you should dial your long distance access
The 353 would be the country code (Ireland)
The 01 would be the city code (Dublin)
The telephone number would be 5555 123

To dial it from a US phone, you would dial

011 353 1 5555 123

If you're calling a cell phone in Europe, you'll probably get a city code that does not match the city that your party resides in, but rather the carrier's access code. For those numbers, you will pay a surcharge for calling a mobile phone, since mobile subscribers in Europe do not pay for incoming calls.

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But still, every other number I try to dial doesn't go thru.\
I can't begin to figure out the numbering system for England.
I'd like to be able to call places easily without having to ask here for the correct string of numbers to enter.

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