# 800 numbers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/800-numbers/5970>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 10, 2000, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/800-numbers/5970 "2000-01-10T12:57:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![pooh1331](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@pooh1331](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pooh1331)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/800-numbers/5970/1 "2000-01-10T12:57:00Z")

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i have to admit that i don’t know for sure that other countries have toll-free numbers, though i would think they do (and am confident they do after reading some of the replies). i do know that they aren’t 1-800, 888, etc because the 1 is the country code specific to the us (or perhaps including some parts of north america/principalities etc).

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**Author:** ![pooh1331](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@pooh1331](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pooh1331)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/800-numbers/5970/2 "2000-01-10T12:58:00Z")

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ok, as if you didn’t know, i’m retarded and hit the wrong button.