The Underscore Archives

0800 numbers do work from abroad.
Like most numbers they're just dialled as +44800blahblah (lose the zero and
add +44).
A lot of companies offer alternative numbers as a legacy of when they did
not work (many years ago), or to avoid confusion from users that the calls
are not free.

The value of a 0800 number in marketing is not what it used to be... No UK
mobile networks allow these calls free of charge any more, and they do not
come out of monthly minutes. Campaign sites like saynoto0870 even offer
indexes of alternative geograhic numbers for companies that have them (as
well as 0870/0871/0845).

Depending on the company type it may be more beneficial to have a landline
number - especially as in 2006 (last time I worked for a mobile company)
33%+ of all UK phone calls originated from a mobile....

just my ramblings....

Steve

On Jan 18, 2008 9:42 AM, Jon Hadley <me at jon-hadley.com> wrote:

> > I'm assuming that you need to provide a rest-of-the-world number if the
> > 0800 doesn't work?
>
> Dialling one of my US hosts 0800 number (or whatever the equivalent
> is) you get a lovely Texan lady saying 'This call will be charged at
> normal international rates' and then goes on to connect fine, I
> imagine UK numbers would be the same
>
> .... but it is only a semi-educated guess ;)
>
> Jon Hadley
> http://jon-hadley.com
>
> --
> underscore_ list info/archive ->
> http://www.under-score.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/underscore
>