support.dell.com Getting Help 5-7Dell Contact NumbersWhen you need to contact Dell, use the telephone numbers, codes, and electronicaddresses provided in Tables 5-1 and 5-2. Table 5-1 provides the various codesrequired to make long-distance and international calls. Table 5-2 provides local tele-phone numbers, area codes, toll-free numbers, Web site and e-mail addresses, ifapplicable, for each department or service available in various countries around theworld. If you are making a direct-dialed call to a location outside of your local tele-phone service area, determine which codes to use (if any) in Table 5-1 in addition tothe local numbers provided in Table 5-2. For example, to place an international callfrom Paris, France to Bracknell, England, dial the international access code for Francefollowed by the country code for the U.K., the city code for Bracknell, and then thelocal number as shown in the following illustration.To place a long-distance call within your own country, use area codes instead ofinternational access codes, country codes, and city codes. For example, to call Paris,France from Montpellier, France, dial the area code plus the local number as shown inthe following illustration.The codes required depend on where you are calling from as well as the destinationof your call; in addition, each country has a different dialing protocol. If you needassistance in determining which codes to use, contact a local or an internationaloperator.NOTE: Toll-free numbers are for use only within the country for which they are listed.Area codes are most often used to call long distance within your own country (notinternationally)—in other words, when your call originates in the same country you arecalling.00InternationalAccess Code(in France)1344City Code(Bracknell)________LocalNumber44CountryCode(for U.K.)01Area Code(for Paris fromoutside Paris)________LocalNumber
