How does everyone else call the US and Canada?
I’ve been using 009 before the area code, and in the past it always worked fine, but for the last couple of weeks I’ve almost always gotten an automated message saying ‘we’re sorry, but for technical reasons we’re unable to route your call’.
Anyone else getting this? Any ideas why? Any suggestions on how to make phone calls? Thanks in advance!
[quote=“wudjamahuh”]How does everyone else call the US and Canada?
I’ve been using 009 before the area code, and in the past it always worked fine, but for the last couple of weeks I’ve almost always gotten an automated message saying ‘we’re sorry, but for technical reasons we’re unable to route your call’.
Anyone else getting this? Any ideas why? Any suggestions on how to make phone calls? Thanks in advance![/quote]
try using 002 then country code (1 for usa) , etc
Magic Jack.
It costs US$20/year for unlimited calls to the US and Canada. You choose a US phone number that people can use to call you, plus voicemail with e-mail notification. If you have a decent internet connection, the call quality is unparalleled. Calls to other countries cost pennies per minute.
Like somebody mentioned previously, 002 is the standard prefix in making international calls. Make sure you remember putting the 1 for North America though, so 00219995551234 for (999) 555-1234.
AFAIK, 009 is a “promotional” prefix. International calls routed through 009 get charged differently than 002 calls (I think per min increments vs. per 6-second increments) and may only cost less after maybe 10 minutes or so. In Taiwan they frequently change or add new prefixes for international calls but 002 should always work.