[jimster]

hey look, i live and work here in mexico… i deal with this on a daily basis with condo renters who forget to tell their credit card companies that they are traveling abroad…

i just tested each of the conversions that i listed earlier… and guess what?

the numbers that are dialed using your instructions result in a spanish error message.

the numbers that were dialed using the conversion (i.e.: 880 instead of 800) result in an english language message stating, “access to the toll free number you have dialed is not available outside of the united states, if the call is answered, you will be charged the international rate”

sir, you should have done further research prior to quoting a document that was never implemented here in mexico… and isn’t that the whole point, to answer the original question correctly?

[jimster]

sorry, but that information is incorrect and will result in a fast busy signal for most numbers

there are very few companies that have 800 forwarding systems that will take a mexican phone call and refer it to the united states, mostly companies such as airlines…

otherwise, according to the current telmex phone book, there are several conversions that can be made in order to call an american or canadian toll free number from mexico.
please note that these calls are no longer toll free, but at least you can get through to who you are trying to reach.

to call an 800 number, change the 800 to 880
to call an 888 number, change the 888 to 881
to call an 877 number, change the 877 to 882
to call an 866 number, change the 866 to 883

example: in order to dial “Adams Ant Company” in Toledo, Ohio, at 1-800-555-5565, you would need to dial 01-880-555-5565 (note the use of the mexican long distance code of “01”, not the mexican international access code of “001”)

[Author]

Posts