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Old 02-04-2008, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Pibe38 View Post
That's for calling numbers in the US, for example, if you were to call a phone number in the US from another country you'd have to dial 001 - XXX - XXXX, however, to dial a US number from the US, from a cell phone, that 1 is not needed, only if you are on a landline.

If you are calling a number in another country from the US, you'd have to dial 011 - (Country code) - (Phone number). The 011 can also be replaced by the + sign on some providers.
1 is the prefix of north america, including us AND canada, so if I wanna call in the US, I dial 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx NOT 001-xxx-xxx-xxxx
not sure 'bout mexico though