International Dialing

Yesterday, Chris was busy skyping. Today I go back to the old-fashioned telephone. A simple device we all know how to use, until you are in a foreign country and can’t get any calls to go through…
The first telephone call between London and New York was made in 1908 and, believe me, they didn’t dial direct. As manual switchboards were replaced by direct dialing, systems were invented to differentiate between local, national and international calls.
A short primer for international calls:
To make an international call, you first need to dial the IDD Prefix (International Direct Dial Prefix) specific to the country …read more