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Old 22.02.2007, 09:35
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how to make a call

hey guys,

dumb question but.... i need to call malaysian airlines to pick up my freight from within switzerland. the number i've been given is 41 1 8164 596.

putting this directly into the phone achieves continouse fast pulsed beeps.

combinations of this (including a zero at the front) achieve nothing

any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Old 22.02.2007, 09:38
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Re: how to make a call

044 816 4596

That's a Zurich number. You could also tell them the 01 code no longer works.
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Old 22.02.2007, 09:43
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Re: how to make a call

thanks lob

I don't remember having to out that 1 anywhere in numbers last time i was here.

now i'm being told the number i called is not available. mmmm... i think i preferred the fast pulsed beeps.

will send an email to the aussie freight co. and they can sort it.

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Re: how to make a call

The number I have for malaysia airlines freight is (from outside of CH) 00 41 43 816 45 96
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Re: how to make a call

http://www.zurich-airport.com/ZRH/de...rich%20Airport

Try the link for the airport at ZRH. There is the switchboard number etc and I'm sure they will be able to help re: the malaysian cargo.
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Re: how to make a call

Zurich's area codes are 01 and 044 until (appropriately) April 1 2007, when only 044 will work. For international call and recommended for entering calls in mobile phones the code is without the zero and with the country code:

+41440000000
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0041440000000

Having this in your mobile stops the embarrassment of dialing a local subscriber when abroad in error.

I still don't see how adding a digit at the front adds extra numbers, at the back, yes. But adding the same digits at the from to all phone numbers is surely the same...
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Re: how to make a call

Zurich is 043 and 044 so Termite could well be "correcter" than me
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Re: how to make a call

thanks heaps; that worked. ( i meant termites reply - so many other have popped up while i was typing away - thanks to everyone else though )

and i found out the number i was given was wrong. should have been 43 816 4597. Go figure.

so i get my stuff tomorrow. Yay!
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