Slightly OT, but getting broadband so ditching the fax line and on
recommendation of the good folks here I've chosen an 0870 486 XXXX fax to e
mail number from http://www.inweb.co.uk/
They say it will work from abroad, but my sister in Italy tried it and got
the engaged tone after dialling 00 44 870.

Inweb say it "should work".

Anyone any experience to prove yay or nay??


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"J B" <JB@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:3fo952F8seb0U1@individual.net...
> Slightly OT, but getting broadband so ditching the fax line and on
> recommendation of the good folks here I've chosen an 0870 486 XXXX fax to
> e mail number from http://www.inweb.co.uk/
> They say it will work from abroad, but my sister in Italy tried it and got
> the engaged tone after dialling 00 44 870.
>
> Inweb say it "should work".
>
> Anyone any experience to prove yay or nay??

Can non-geographic numbers like 0800, 0845 and 0870 be dialled from outside
the UK? I don't think they can.

"Martin Underwood" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:4296f7c2$0$2381$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...

> Can non-geographic numbers like 0800, 0845 and 0870 be dialled from
> outside the UK? I don't think they can.

That's my question, but I was hoping for a more 'positive' answer. :-))

Maybe I'll X-post this reply to uk.telecom.


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J B

On 27 May 2005 10:56, "J B" <JB@privacy.net> wrote:

>They say it will work from abroad, but my sister in Italy tried it and got
>the engaged tone after dialling 00 44 870.

>Inweb say it "should work".

>Anyone any experience to prove yay or nay??

Might get more telephony comments (after all, the 0870 is the issue, when a
call is made from abroad) and possibly a suggestion as to which carrier to
use from Italy, which can handle route to UK 0870 numbers, if you ask in
uk.telecom


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On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:40:00 +0100, "J B" <JB@privacy.net> wrote:

>"Martin Underwood" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>news:4296f7c2$0$2381$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
>
>> Can non-geographic numbers like 0800, 0845 and 0870 be dialled from
>> outside the UK? I don't think they can.
>
>That's my question, but I was hoping for a more 'positive' answer. :-))
>
>Maybe I'll X-post this reply to uk.telecom.
If you had to answer yes or no to this then from my experience I would
say 'YES' as far as 0870 is concerned - don't know about the rest.
However, to give a more lengthy answer....Yes, but only from some
countries.
Remove 'no_spam_' from email address.

J B wrote:
> "Martin Underwood" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:4296f7c2$0$2381$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
>
>
>>Can non-geographic numbers like 0800, 0845 and 0870 be dialled from
>>outside the UK? I don't think they can.
>
>
> That's my question, but I was hoping for a more 'positive' answer. :-))
>
> Maybe I'll X-post this reply to uk.telecom.

Generally you can dial 870/845 from abroad. 800/808 numbers are only
reached from specific overseas operators (the only example I know, which
worked last week was calling UK 0800 numbers from Telefonica (in Spain)
and they are totally free.

In uk.telecom.broadband, J B wrote:

>I've chosen an 0870 486 XXXX fax to e
>mail number from http://www.inweb.co.uk/

Can't see that service on their site, can you point me?


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but he's a lousy beautician"

On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:40:00 +0100, "J B" <JB@privacy.net> wrote:

>"Martin Underwood" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>news:4296f7c2$0$2381$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
>
>> Can non-geographic numbers like 0800, 0845 and 0870 be dialled from
>> outside the UK? I don't think they can.
>
>That's my question, but I was hoping for a more 'positive' answer. :-))

Some of those type of numbers can be dialled from some countries,
others can't. Unfortunately, there's no simple answer to the question.

Chris

"Nigel Molesworth" <reply@thegroup.com> wrote in message
news:ba0e919u6ckv45kpl33e2drhod7aa3r3ho@4ax.com...
> In uk.telecom.broadband, J B wrote:
>
>>I've chosen an 0870 486 XXXX fax to e
>>mail number from http://www.inweb.co.uk/
>
> Can't see that service on their site, can you point me?

http://www.inweb.co.uk/product_pages...ng_service.htm


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J B

On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:56:13 +0100, "J B" <JB@privacy.net> wrote:

>Slightly OT, but getting broadband so ditching the fax line and on
>recommendation of the good folks here I've chosen an 0870 486 XXXX fax to e
>mail number from http://www.inweb.co.uk/
>They say it will work from abroad, but my sister in Italy tried it and got
>the engaged tone after dialling 00 44 870.
>
>Inweb say it "should work".
>
>Anyone any experience to prove yay or nay??

Works for me from Spain, Italy and Belgium.

For your sister, you might want to use
http://www.messagenet.it/fax/freefax/

3 free fax a month (it used to be unlimited at one time. O tempora...)


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