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6810 · Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 309

Hi,

I have to urgently fax a document for work to Australia, the thing is, I have no idea what prefix to enter into the fax machine in order to dial outside Japan.

So, what number do you dial first (this is before the country code etc), presuming there is one in order to send a fax overseas (in my case to Australia)?

Can anyone help me?

PAULH · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 4672 Location: Western Japan

6810 · Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 309

Thanks Paul. It was the KDDI or NTT etc number I was thinking of. I use a phonecard at home for all my regular correspondence so am not really up to speed on the regular lines... sigh.

The reason for my confusion is that in Oz there are separate numbers for international fax and international phone...

Once again,
Thanks.

JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

I bet you could do it with Brastel too.. Heck, when we first came to Japan I was even able to hook up the laptop to a public phone in a phone booth in Tokyo, and use the modem to DIAL home on Brastel so I could download my e-mail.... Worked well too! The biggest challenge was getting the pauses just right.... It went something like this...

00912020,,,4,,,PIN#,,countrycode-areacode-phonenumber

The commas indicate a pause. If you time the pauses right you can automate the whole thing. I suppose a fax machine could be programmed in the same way. Good luck!