macapag@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Victorino Macapagal) (11/07/90)
I just recently discovered that AT&T has a service called USA Direct which makes it easy to make collect call or calling card calls to the USA from many overseas countries. Or, you can simply talk to an AT&T operator if you wish. I thought it would be helpful to post dialing information for reaching a USA operator to make a collect or calling card call from another country from the various foreign countries that are part of the USA Direct service. Argentina 001-800-200-1111 Aruba 800-1011 Australia 0014-881-011 Austria 022-903-011 (Public phones require coin or card) Bahamas 1-800-872-2881 (Limited avaibility) Bahrain 800-001 Belgium 11-0010 (Public phones require coin or card) Brazil 000-8010 Br. Virgin Is. 1-800-872-2881 Cayman Islands 1872 Chile 00*-0312 Colombia 980-11-0010 (Limited avaibility) Costa Rica 114 (Public phones require coin or card) Czechoslovakia 00-420-00101 Denmark 8001-0010 (Public phones require coin or card) Dominica 1-800-872-2881 Dom. Rep. 1-800-872-2881 Finland 9800-100-10 (Public phones require coin or card) France 19*-0011 (Public phones require coin or card) Gambia 001-199-220-0010 (Public phones require coin or card) Germany, FRG 0130-0010 (Trial basis only) Greece 00-800-1311 (Public phones require coin or card) Grenada 872 (Limited availability) Guam 018-872 (Limited availability) Guatemala 190 (Public phones require coin or card) Hong Kong 008-1111 Hungary 00*-36-0111 Indonesia 00-8}i01-10 Italy 172-1011 (Public phoness require coin or card) Jamaica 0-800-872-2881 (Limited availability) Japan 0039-111 (Public phones require coin or card) Korea 009-11 Liberia 797-797 Macau 0800-111 Netherlands 06*-022-9111 (Public phones require coin or card) Neth/Antil. 001-800-872-2881 New Zealand 000-911 Norway 050-12-011 (Public phones require coin or card) Panama 109 Peru ##0 (Limited Availability) Philippines 105-11 (Public phones require coin or card) (Limited availability) Singapore 800-0011 (Public phones require coin or card) St. Kitts 1-800-872-2881 Sweden 020-795-611 (Public phones require coin or card) Switzerland 046-05-0011 (Public phones require coin or card) U.K. 0800-89-0011 Uruguay 00-0410 (Public phones require coin or card) The asterisk (*) in some of the above phone numbers indicate that you must wait for a second dialtone. This information was printed on a wallet card dated April 1990. The AT&T USA Direct office can be reached at 1-800-874-4000 x359 or collect from foreign countries at (412) 553-7458 (Problems are reported at 1-800-222-0300 in USA only.) Do not use the International calling card number printed in small type on your Calling Card, use your regular calling card number in big type on your card. [Moderator's Note: Thanks for the updated list of countries. We've had various messages about USA Direct before, but it is always a good idea to repeat these messages from time to time for newer readers. PAT]