Phone in USA

The telephone service in America is extremely well developed and is constantly improved. Almost all residential and administrative buildings are telephonized. On the streets of all of the major cities are thousands of phones. Americans do not think much of life without any means of communication. All hotel rooms are usually equipped with a telephone so your friends can call you as well as the front desk. The cost of talking on the city in most states (the first 6 minutes) – is about 25 cents, more must be extra cost for each time period of 10-25 cents. All telephone numbers in the U.S. state is preceded by a code (area code). Code of New York - 212, Los Angeles - 213 or 310, Chicago - 312, Orlando - 407, Miami Beach - 305, San Francisco - 415, Washington - 202, etc. If you are calling from one area code to another you must dial a 1 before the new area code. 

International code of the American Hemisphere (USA, Canada, Caribbean Islands) - 1. If you call outside of this code area (for example, from Miami to Orlando), then dial: 1-of-code number. Telephone numbers in the USA consist of seven digits. International calls can be made in the recruitment of 011 - a national code - city code - number. So, to make a call to Russia you need to dial: 011 - 7 - city code - phone number. For international calls, you will need a lot of spare change if you call from a phone booth. It is much more convenient to use telephone cards. Plastic phone cards are sold virtually everywhere at denominations of 10, 20, and 50 dollars.

Many companies in the USA have a so-called toll-free number (toll-free number); If you call any of these toll free numbers you will not be charged for the call. These numbers begin with 800 or 888.