A question about Paris phone numbers

[Darcy]

Do all Paris landline phone #'s begin with 01? I thought they did but the phone # for my April apt begins with 09. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

[janetnj]

According to Wikipedia the 09 #'s are non geographic, used by the internet-based lines.

The phone in the apartment works well - although it doesn't appear to have voicemail.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_France

[PariS]

That could be--our phone number at the apartment in Paris starts with 09 and our service is thru Free (pretty sure it's VOIP, hence the free calls to so many countries).

[Darcy]

Well, of course, that explains it! Thank you both!

I've never had a problem with the phone there but, at my advanced age, there was no way I could remember the number and 09 seemed a little strange. Janet, I think that I've never been able to access voicemail there either. A friend will be there very soon so I'll ask her to check on that too.

[cherryadairr]

You bought your phone in Toronto, and you got a Toronto number. Nobody asked if you wanted a number in Paris, or London, or Sydney, or all ...

[Enrique Hank]

Virtual telephone numbers are local telephone numbers in cities, and countries, just like any other telephone number. However, the call goes to a location of your choice. For example, when you bought your mobile telephone, they gave you a local telephone number in the location you bought your phone. You bought your phone in Toronto, and you got a Toronto number. Nobody asked if you wanted a number in Paris, or London, or Sydney, or all of them. Essentially, your telephone was "locked" into the geographic location where you purchased it.

[lindbergstanley]

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[PariS]

spam

[Jody]

Didanyi=one else notice these guys are all 22???I swear the last 2 had the same birthdate??

[geordy]

Annette..was it you who mentioned that they get paid by someone for 10 posts...apparently even if the posts make no sense? Paid by whom??
ANd must be a new thing...didn't have this before recently...

[PariS]

That's what I was thinking at first, but I did more reading on it and it sounds like it's a computerized "spambot" and is probably set to make 10 posts per forum. They do it to increase their ranking for Google searches (the more times their site is mentioned on the web, the closer they get to the first page of people's search results). That's why they all have links to their website in their signature--it's these website mentions they're after. I don't think they are really intending for US to click on the links, they just want their links to appear somewhere on the web many many times so their website gets more visibility when people do searches for their product. And they've found a nice little "safe haven" here on OPF because they aren't being deleted.

[geordy]

Ah Huh..that sounds resaonable Annette...those these spammers are not!@

[newmanf95]

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[mertoncoulter]

One of the most common questions I get asked about Paris is, "How easy is it to get around by bus?". My answer is, "It's very easy, once you know how." OK that doesn't sound very helpful, but what I'm trying to say is that catching a bus in a foreign city is no harder than anything else you're likely to do, but when it's something you've never done before, you have a fear factor - the fear of the unknown.

[darbyheribert]

One of the most common questions I get asked about Paris is, "How easy is it to get around by bus?". My answer is, "It's very easy, once you know how." OK that doesn't sound very helpful, but what I'm trying to say is that catching a bus in a foreign city is no harder than anything else you're likely to do, but when it's something you've never done before, you have a fear factor - the fear of the unknown.