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We're trying to call Australia, but when we do using 011+country code+city code+local number we constantly get a "code 48" error saying we've reached a vacant number. Is there something going on here I don't know about?
011 61 (1 digit area code) then the rest of the numbers?
sorry i think im helping :P
Well, you're trying, anyway.
We dial 011 61 2 xxxx xxxx and get this screwy error. We've verified that the local number is right with another friend, so unless it's changed in the past two weeks we should be correct. It's frustrating.
Re: Dialing internationally with 011 doesn't work?
yes i know! i was dialing the damn same thing but on an outgoing call to FIJI and well i needed an answer and someone to provide me documentation and all i got was some weird tone! :P blah!
Re: Dialing internationally with 011 doesn't work?
Even when I dial 01+ (all the rest of it), which should get me an international operator in Australia, I get the "code 48" error. I'm beginning to wonder if Hawtel has programmed its system to automatically go to that error message if it finds a leading zero at the start of a call.
Hmm. If that worked it would go a long way toward proving my thesis about leading zeros, wouldn't it? Okay, I'll give that a shot. The US code has been 011 forever, so I can't believe HawTel would be that dumb, but stranger things have been done by them.
Edited: Nope. Just more errors.
Last edited by Linkmeister; July 25, 2007, 09:27 PM.
Reason: Result of leading zero omission
Re: Dialing internationally with 011 doesn't work?
Silly question - are you sure you have international service on your phone line? What long distance service do you have for international? Given that many subscribers have no need to call internationally and it's quite frequently used for fraud (and not to mention that some companies charge for "ability" even if you never make a call) - maybe it's just not turned on.
Edit: I think "00" gets you the operator for your long distance carrier.
Last edited by GeckoGeek; July 25, 2007, 11:28 PM.
Re: Dialing internationally with 011 doesn't work?
Are you calling from your home or office? Cell or landline? Have you ever been successful at calling the Australia number on the phone that's giving you problems now?
If you're using an office phone, companies do sometimes block international area codes so their employees can't call aunty in Tanzania. And phone companies may block certain world dialing codes for their own reasons (toll fraud being the most common).
Your best bet is to call your phone carrier and ask them what code 48 really means. Sounds like you either are being blocked from calling Australia or there's some kind of syntax error in the dial string.
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