Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Two Questions Date: 5 Dec 2024 11:13:20 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net Tz6QFzT4qF4ytonHS5OJWgnRHeTT+kQq2YeJXQd9Fca/ZFfe7w X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:32qhrCZm8dIJHgft79oWvgerhe8= sha256:fhqdsOmIeZB5hOYFgpIfqLqRHOwghouX/6AwgW+kHLg= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Bytes: 2185 Chris wrote: > Frank Slootweg wrote: [...] > > But yes, *technically* it's "an international call" because you have > > to prepend the country code of the destination, which you don't have to > > do for an in-country call. > > > > So it's "an international call" and it needs roaming to work, but it's > > not more expensive than an in-country call. > > Actually you can add the country code to all your calls and the > operator/network works out whether it's local or international. Makes life > a lot easier when storing and dialling contacts when away from home. Yes, I know and that's what I do as well. I just pointed out the *need* to prepend the country code for "an international call", to distinguish between "an international call" and an in-country call in this context of in-EU roaming. > All my UK numbers start with +44 regardless of whether I call from home or > abroad.