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Do you need to add a 1 in front of a number?

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wazawski
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Got a number and entered a 1 in front of the area code without a +. So the contact looked like 1 (xxx)xxx-xxxx. Sent an imessage from my phone to another iphone and it did say that the message was delivered. Just realized now that most of my contacts don't have a 1 in front of the area code, and if it does, it's a +1. Just wondering if the message never went through because of the 1 I added in front of the number.
Feb 25 2015 4:43PM
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Dustin.
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1 is the country code for the US. It's 49 here in Germany for example. You don't need to put it in unless you are making an international call. AKA, if I call my US number with my German phone I need to put in the 1 first. In the US I don't dial the 1 and in Germany I don't dial the 49.
Feb 25 2015 4:51PM
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purplejumpsuit
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In canada (also 1 ) if we don't put the 1 when making a phone call to another part of the provence it sometimes wont connect because its long distance. Not totally sure with texting when/if you need it, but I have some numbers in my phone with the 1 and some without and it doesn't make a difference.
Feb 25 2015 4:56PM
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Dobber
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Dustin.1 is the country code for the US. It's 49 here in Germany for example. You don't need to put it in unless you are making an international call. AKA, if I call my US number with my German phone I need to put in the 1 first. In the US I don't dial the 1 and in Germany I don't dial the 49.


You know why it is 1 in the U.S??

Because we are #1
Feb 25 2015 6:32PM
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Holzsteezy*
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purplejumpsuitIn canada (also 1 )


DobberYou know why it is 1 in the U.S??

Because we are #1


sounds like canada and usa are tied eh?
Feb 25 2015 6:36PM
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veng_m
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Holzsteezy*sounds like canada and usa are tied eh?


ehh!
Feb 25 2015 6:49PM
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Dobber
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Holzsteezy*sounds like canada and usa are tied eh?


America has more fat people though.
Feb 25 2015 8:44PM
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J_BISCHOF
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I admire your outside the box thinking, but she didn't text you back bro. You didn't have the wrong number.
Feb 25 2015 9:22PM
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SupremeDeity
Posts: 695 - Karma: 1,112
Nope you're probably just a piece of broccoli
Feb 25 2015 9:24PM
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caucasian_chad
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Only on land lines. Fucks me up every time I try to make a long distance call on the office phone.
Feb 25 2015 9:38PM
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milk_man
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You have to put 1 before the number when you're calling from landlines but with cell phones you never have to. In America at least
Feb 25 2015 11:31PM
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