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Posted by Brad Doell on December 13, 2006, 1:22 pm
Please log in for more thread options Makes no difference, and BTW, MTS is CDMA, not GSM, but the strangest thing
is I had no trouble with my PPC.
Only other thing I can think of is that the "my phone number" field is
wrong, not even in a phone number format - it is something like 00054069
> Try the experiment (that is manually dialing the number, inlcuding the +
> sign) with a regular number, not an 800 number. Not sure if this will make
> any difference, but it will at least eliminate the possibility.
>
> The only other thing I can think of is that your MTS service may not be
> GSM,
> in which case I'm not sure if the carrier properly supports numbers in
> international format.
>
>
> "Brad Doell" wrote:
>
>> Just tired what you said +1-800-514-3798 and I got the "I'm sorry, you
>> have
>> dialed a number to which long distance charges apply, please ......"
>>
>> And you want to know the strangest thing? Before this phone I had an
>> audivox
>> pocketpc, synced with the same outlook address book, and had no trouble
>> at
>> all.
>>
>> Any other ideas? BTW, my carrier is MTS (Manitoba Telecom Services)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >I have never seen this before. If a phone number is entered in full
>> > international format, and you appear to have don this, it should get
>> > dialed
>> > correctly. Who is your carrier? You may need to check whether there is
>> > some,
>> > perhaps obscure, reason that it doesn't support this standard.
>> >
>> > But first you can try this experiment: Manually dial the number in full
>> > international format. For the "+" sing, hold down the "0" key until the
>> > "+"
>> > appears, then enter the rest of the number, including the country code
>> > and
>> > area code. The hit the dial key. What happens?
>> >
>> > "Brad Doell" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello
>> >>
>> >> I have a Motorola Q, up in Canada. I enter my contacts in Outlook
>> >> 2000
>> >> the
>> >> standard way, and a standard entry displays as +1 (204) 677-2256
>> >>
>> >> I have checked the options boxes and the area code is in the proper
>> >> box
>> >> etc.
>> >>
>> >> Anytime I need to call outside my own area code, I get an auto message
>> >> fromt
>> >> he operator "you need to dial 1 and the area code". If I manually
>> >> input
>> >> the
>> >> 1 and area code, the phone dials long distance just fine.
>> >>
>> >> My only work around so far is to ammend my area code box to show an
>> >> area
>> >> code of 1204 instead of just 204. Now, the conact displays as
>> >> +1(1204)
>> >> 677-2256 and dials out properly.
>> >>
>> >> Is there something I am missing, or do I have to change each of my
>> >> contact
>> >> to have the 1 inclusive in the area code?
>> >>
>> >> Tx
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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