How to Call the United States from Netherlands
People often get confused while travelling abroad as they start worrying about how they would contact closed ones back at home. However, if you are an American national who is travelling abroad or a citizen of Netherlands, who is trying to get in touch with his contacts in United States, you can do so without any problem. The first thing you need to do is not panic as you can avail the services of your same cell phone service provider and stay in touch with the loved ones without any issue.
Instructions
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Dial the international dialling code
In order to give commend to your cell phone service provider for an international dialling, it is of utmost importance that you should dial the international dialling code. Remember that it is of utmost importance that you dial ‘00’ on your phone otherwise you will get a reply stating the dialled number invalid. It is important that you abide by the dialling codes and rules in order to get in touch with your family. Therefore, whenever you are out of your country, you must remember that the desired phone number should be dialled after the international dialling code. -
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Dial the country code
Every country has a country code, which must be dialled after the international dialling code. Note that from whatever country you are trying to call US, you will be required to dial ‘1’ after the international dialling code and these numbers will show on your screen ‘001’. Dialling the country code of US gives instructions to your cell phone provider that the number belongs to United States. -
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Enter the area code
After you have dialled the international dialling code and country code, you should enter the area code. Remember that the area code is a three digit number, which tells the service provider about the state of the user. You must not forget to enter the area code after the country code. For example, if the area code is ‘888’ then these digits will appear on your screen ‘001888’. -
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Enter the phone number
After you have entered all the codes, you must dial the seven-digit phone number of that person and hit the dial button on your cell phone. -
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Talk to the person
It will take a while to connect the call to your desired person; therefore, you should wait for it.
