Student Long Distance - Residence
You can not dial long distance on most College phones. The exception is specially configured staff phones and the use of purchased calling cards for residence phones. These can be purchase at the residence cafe and in local stores. Also see toll free dialing below.
For more about residence.
Toll Free
At Algonquin you can dial toll free numbers by dialing 9-1-800...... or 9-1-877.....
Staff - Long Distance
You can request that ITS enable long distance on your staff phone. Please note that it will be national capability unless you specify international.
Then you dial 9-1-<areacode>-<7digit number>
Staff -Using International Long Distance
Once you have had your Algonquin staff phone enabled for international long distance you can begin using it. Canada's country codes is 011.
So you dial 9-011-<country code>-<city code>-<7digit local number>
For example Aberdeen, United Kingdom is:
9-011-44-1224-<local number>
The country code information can be found at the front of your phone book.
or
Country code lookup link with local times listed.
