On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Ian Singer <ian@iansinger.com> wrote: > On 11/15/2010 8:02 AM, J.A. Florian wrote: > > I need a phone number in the UK. The sites I visited online won't give > UK > > numbers unless I pay a "premium fee". AT&T wants $8.00 plus a "federal > > surcharge" of an unspecified amount just to be connected to UK directory > > assistance. > > > http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en//search/residential/search.publisha?Surname=&Location=&Initial=&Street= > > does not charge and is from British Telecom. > > Ian Singer ==== If that site says the person "might be ex-directory or..." then what does that mean? Does that mean "unlisted at subscriber's request"? Which part of the address is a Post Code? I have this: WORCESTER, WR5 1SE Does an oversease address go like this? Name Street address City/Town (then what?) (then what at end?)-- what are the last 2 pieces called? Judy

On 11/15/2010 3:14 PM, J.A. Florian wrote: > http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en//search/residential/search.publisha?Surname=&Location=&Initial=&Street= > <http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en//search/residential/search.publisha?Surname=&Location=&Initial=&Street=> > > does not charge and is from British Telecom. > If that site says the person "might be ex-directory or..." then what > does that mean? Does that mean "unlisted at subscriber's request"? YES > Which part of the address is a Post Code? I have this: WORCESTER, WR5 1SE WR5 1SE > Does an oversease address go like this? > Name > Street address > City/Town (then what?) (then what at end?)-- what are the last 2 > pieces called? > Judy eg 192 Selwyn Avenue Highams Park (this is a district which is like a town within a city) London (other places will have city and then the county such as Essex) England E4 (that is the old short form, new has more characters Phone numbers dialed from within England are different from dialing then from overseas as you drop the leading zero and add 01 for direct dial then 44 for county code and then the phone number. Ian Singer -- ========================================================================= See my homepage at http://www.iansinger.com hosted on http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=10623894 All genealogy is stored in TMG from http://www.whollygenes.com Charts and searching using TNG from http://www.tngsitebuilding.com I am near Toronto Canada, can I tell where you are from your reply? =========================================================================