Jupiter used his keyboard to write :
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> It wasn't for me. It's for relatives in Germany without computers to
> be able to call him at local rates. We've established that they can,
> without problems, but the 01801 numbers don't work from outside
> Germany, just like our 0845.[/color]

Why would you want to ring a German non-geo from outside Germany?
Simply have a UK local number as well as the German number.....and call
the UK number instead.