lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg) (08/03/89)
In article <1034@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.COM (Glenn Reid) writes: >In article <694@aurora.AthabascaU.CA> lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg) writes: >>Speaking of which ... it would be *real* *nice* is vendors provided >>a "straight" phone number that's guaranteed to work from outside the >>U.S. In most cases, 800 numbers don't work outside the continental >>United States. > >Sigh. Here I thought I was being helpful by providing the toll-free >number (that's what the "800" area code means, to those of you who >are not familiar with the U.S. phone system). You were. > I will certainly provide >the expensive long-distance number in the future, as well. Also appreciated, since (as I mentioned) 800 numbers rarely work outside the continental U.S. > I have no >idea how to call here from wherever you are, so you must supply the >appropriate prefixes, if any, to these numbers. That part's usually documented in your local telephone directory. >I hope I've gotten it right this time. Sorry to bother everybody with >this trivia. Lighten up, Glenn. In the part of my posting you failed to quote I was saying "hats off to Adobe" for making the 800 number available from Canada as well as the U.S. This is a nice touch that you don't usually see. However it *is* very frustrating to see a posting (or a printed glossy) that gives *only* an 800 number, when that number doesn't work where you are calling from. If an address is included you can track the company down through directory assistance, but it's easiest of all for me to call you up and spend some bucks on your product if you just include the "plain old" telephone number. -- Lyndon Nerenberg VE6BBM / Computing Services / Athabasca University {alberta,decwrl,ncc}!atha!lyndon || lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CA It's 2:00 A.M.; Nobody looks ugly.