What is the procedure to dial a # into the U.K.? Never made an international call b4 and is it the same for a fax? [>:/]

Thanks,
BrenLover

Dial 011 + number

You will be billed by your long distance carrier.

You will need to dial 011 for an international line.  After that dial the country code (I believe the UK is 44), then the phone number which starts out with a city code.

That's exactly right.  I have been calling my 23 old British med student and the country code is 44.  It is the same for a fax.

Thanks guys!

BrenLover

That's what you're supposed to dial:

01144 208 123 12345

01144 is the country code for Britain, 011 for "out of the US", 44 for "into Britain"; 208 for London in this example, and 123 1234 for the actual number.

It didn't work guys. The phone # has 12 numbers in it 5 in the 1st group then 7 in the second. There is no "44" or " 011" in the number so here is what I dialed for exp.

"01144 12345 1234567" didn't work???? What am I doing wrong?

BrenLover

What city are you dialing.  London has two city codes.  For calling inner city the call pattern would be:

011 + 44 + 20 7 + The Number

Outer city would be :

011 + 44 + 20 8 + The Number

The number they have listed is 01332 831024, thats all. Its in Little Eaton or Derby, both appear in the address and I dont know which is the City.

BrenLover

Drop the leading 0 (before the 1332)
011 44 1332 831 024

Houston, what is the 20-7 and 20-8?

I have several #s to call in the UK is their whole phone system this confusing?
BrenLover

This other "Number" I have to call has a diff number of #s than the 1st one! Who in the hell came up with this insane phone system for them??

This other place is in Salisbury R.D., Totton, Southhampton, Hants SO40 3LZ and has a number of 023 8066 6805

HELP!!
BrenLover

They are city codes, much like area codes here in the US.  Here is a listing.  I don't see a 133.

The United Kingdom country code: 44
The United Kingdom City Codes (using ATT):  
Aberdeen 1224
Alderney Channel Islands 1481-82
Bath 1225
Belfast 2890
Birmingham 121
Blackpool 1253
Bournemouth 1202
Bradford 1274
Brighton 1273
Bristol 1272
Cambridge 1223
Cardiff 2920
Carlisle 1228
Coventry 2476
Dover 1304
Dundee 1382
Durham 191
Edinburgh 131
Exeter 1392
Glasgow 141
Gloucester 1452
Guernsey Channel Islands 1481
Harrogate 1423
Ipswich 1473
Jersey Channel Islands 1534
Kenilworth 1926
Leeds 1532
Leicester 1533
Liverpool 151
London 207(Inner City)
London 208(Outer City)
Londonderry 1504
Manchester 161
Newcastle 1632
Northampton 1604
Norwich 1603
Nottingham 191
Oxford 1865
Penzance 1736
Plymouth 1752
Portsmouth 2392
Prestwick 1292
Reading 118
Sheffield 114
Southampton 2380

As you can see from my list Southhampton's city code is 2380.  You number would then be 666 805.  Do not dial the leading zero on the city codes.  That zero is for internal UK calls.

What Entropy told me to dial worked but noone was there.

Houston, Thanks for the list. Are there any hard andsteadfast rules to dialing into the UK without going insane? Something nice and simple a dolt like me can understand?

BrenLover

So, for that last # I would dial 011 44 2380 666 805?

So if its 4 digits drop the 1st 0 if its 3 just dial the 3 digits?

Ok, that makes more sense.

BrenLover

Just to forget that leading zero before the city code.

Houston, I have a call to make whose city does not seem to be in your list?

In its address line I have Colsterworth, Grantham, Lincs, NG33 5LY

Thanks to all who replied.
BrenLover

The city code for Colsterworth should be 1476.  

Thanks Houston

Unfortuneately, all my faxes have had Error reports meaning they did not go through. Dont know what I am doing wrong as I am doing all you told me to.

Thanks again,
BrenLover

The (1)555-555-1234 system is unknown in Europe. They don't have the same number of digits for all phone numbers like in the US.

Example: A number in Berlin (area code 030) would be 030-123 456 789, a number in Hintertupfing, Bavaria could be 087542-231.

If somebody in Berlin would call above number within Berlin, he'd dial 123 456 789; people outside of Berlin, but still in Germany, would dial 030 123 456 789, and people in the US would have to dial 011 49 30 123 456 789.

Cellphones are an entirely different matter: Somebody's cellphone would have the number 0171-12345678, and 0171 would be the "area" code for all the cellphones for one provider. Or to put it the other way around: if you see a German phone number that has an area code beginning with 017, it's definetely a cellphone, and you'll have to pay the extra charges (incoming calls are free for the cellphone user), and you won't know in which area the callee resides.
It's quite similar in all European countries except France.

So, in order to place your call to Southampton, you'd have to dial:

01144 2380 666 805

(You grouped your number wrong, that might have confused matters)

011 Dial into the international system
44  into Britain
2380 Southampton
666 805 your party