How do you call a toll-free number from the UK?

Answer 1

You can try dialing a UK toll-free 0800 or 0808 number by dialing it as if it were an ordinary geographic number in the UK: replace the trunk prefix 0 of the UK domestic telephone number with telephone country code +44. If you are calling on a GSM mobile phone, just dial the number in international format, beginning with the plus symbol; otherwise, substitute the North American international access prefix 011 for the plus symbol. If the call goes through, you will pay international call rates, possibly higher than for a normal call to the UK. If the call fails, your best bet is to look on the internet for an ordinary geographic number for the company you are trying to contact. Geographic numbers in the UK begin with 01 or 02, which is +44 1 or +44 2 in international format.

Answer 2

Domestic toll-free numbers in the UK use area codes 0800 and 0808. Universal International Freephone Numbers (UIFN) use telephone country code +800, which is dialed as 00 800 from the UK.

If you are trying to reach a toll-free number in Another Country from the UK, you may be able to dial it by prefixing it with the appropriate telephone country code, but you will very likely pay the international call charges for the call. It will not be toll-free.

Answer 3

Some UK toll-free numbers can be dialed from outside the country by dialing them the same way you would dial a normal UK number, and if the call completes you will pay the international call charges.

Dial +44 800, +44 808, or +44 500, where the plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here."

Answer 4

The toll-free number in the UK is ONLY free to people dialling within the UK. If you call it from abroad - you will be charged your international call rate. Having said that - to call a toll-free number in the UK from the US - you would dial the international access prefix (011 from the US), then 44 (the country code for the UK) then omit the first 0 from the number. For example - say the number was 08081 570 111 - from america you would dial 011 44 8081 570 111 (the spaces are just for clarity)

Answer 5

The International Dialling code for the UK is 00 44. Don't forget to omit the first zero from the local Area Code, when dialling from outside the UK

Answer 6

Other than VoIP services, there is no way to call from the UK to the US without someone paying for an international toll call.

Answer 7

The only way to call the USA from the UK without paying a toll is to use a VoIP service like Vonage.

Answer 8

UK numbers beginning with 080 are toll-free from landlines. Airtime charges may apply for some calls from mobiles, although some toll-free numbers are also free from mobiles.