[Asterisk-Users] 800 numbers and FWD

[Wilson Pickett]

> Can you dial 800 and 888 toll free numbers using FWD? how do you dial them
> cause I tried using 1800xxxxx and 1888xxxxx and I simply get a "nobody can
> asnwer the call" signal on asterisk.
> 
> Can you dial 800 toll free from FWD?

The best answer to that question is on the fwd site. Last time I
looked, there was a page giving the codes to call various countries'
tollfree numbers and IIRC the one for USA 800 is *. I just now dialed

393*18005551212 on my box and got through (393 being my code for FWD/SIP)