Just select the UK combo box, then 28 + the rest of the num ber. (I have found that not all land-line numbers in Northern ireland respond to the 048 prefix. Eircom claim that this is in the event the receiving telephone in northern ireland must be a mobile device; but I am assured by the called person in this case that it is not. Must be some sort of network arrangement.) In any event, if 048 does work it may still be cheaper, on either Eircom's talktime package or the similar one offered by BT ireland, to ring with that prefix for an hour at the price of a local call instead of via Skype, where the rate is 2c a minute. =========================================================== The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org