Is it true that you can not dial the number 9 from tahiti to the united states?

Question

Someone told me they can ot call home when they are in Tahiti because they can not dial the number 9 in a call to the US. Does anyone know anything about that? It sounds rubbish to me.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Utter nonsense.  To disallow specific digits in an overseas call would be absurd.

The person might have been using ONE particular phone which was faulty and could not dial a digit 9, or it's possible that there was temporary fault in the central office equipment which did not recognize the digit 9 on some calls.

Answer 2

No, this is not true.

You can call any numbers to the US except 1-800 numbers that on't be free but charge.

From Tahiti to the US, you must dial : 00-1-(area code)-phone number

Answer 3

If it sounds absurd it probably is.