Ringing UK phones

Mic · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:30

079********

Im in Ireland and I want to ring the number above, iv starred it out for privacy.
Is it a landline or a mobile?

Is there a country code I must enter first to call this number?

Otacon · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:30

07 is a mobile number, not sure if you'll need a country code prefix though (0044 if you do, then drop the first 0).

Kol · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:31

If you want to ring from Ireland, it's (+44, followed by the phone number minus the initial 0), so 00447xxxxxxxx.

Super quick edit from Otacon there

, got my info in before I'd clicked submit

Mic · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:32

Muchos thanks good sirs.

Freefaller · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:34

I tend to store all my numbers on my phone with the full international prefix - in which case it doesn't matter where I am dialing from.

Beansprout · 12 Apr 2006 at 14:46

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/dialing.html

http://kropla.com/dialcode.htm

More info than you could ever need

Burbleflop · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:04

Freefaller said:
I tend to store all my numbers on my phone with the full international prefix - in which case it doesn't matter where I am dialing from.

Ditto. It is kinda essential for us poor sods who are abroad a lot.

Kol · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:06

Freefaller said:
I tend to store all my numbers on my phone with the full international prefix - in which case it doesn't matter where I am dialing from.

Same here. Thankfully, when I receive a call from the network it always has the internation prefix. So I just save it. That way, when I'm away it's easy.

Freefaller · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:07

Burbleflop said:
Ditto. It is kinda essential for us poor sods who are abroad a lot.

Indeed!

Hope madrid is treating you well. Just got back from Palma myself... Off to Antibes next week

Burbleflop · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:13

Freefaller said:
Indeed!

Hope madrid is treating you well. Just got back from Palma myself... Off to Antibes next week

Madrid is treating me well, I've drank enough beer and eaten enough tapas to feed a not-so-small army

Next week I'll be in Paris for a couple of days, then off to Barcelona so I'll wave in a north-easterly direction

Mic · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:16

Burbleflop said:
Madrid is treating me well, I've drank enough beer and eaten enough tapas to feel a not-so-small army

The gay and bisexual thread is a couple threads down mate

Burbleflop · 12 Apr 2006 at 15:20

Mic said:
The gay and bisexual thread is a couple threads down mate

*whistles*

D'oh!

Morba · 12 Apr 2006 at 16:41

most networks piggyback to the UK first anyway, so dialling 079xxxxxxxxx from your UK network phone should still route.

i think! been a while since i was on the roaming routing project!

Freefaller · 12 Apr 2006 at 16:43

Morba said:
most networks piggyback to the UK first anyway, so dialling 079xxxxxxxxx from your UK network phone should still route.

i think! been a while since i was on the roaming routing project!

You're right it does often work, but not all the time, especially if you're logged onto some obscure network or in the States.