Paul Cummins wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 12 Jan 2005:

In article ,
(Helen Deborah Vecht) wrote:

In general O2 and Vodafone are in both 077 and 078 and T-Mobile and
Orange are 079 though.

And a friend is Vodafone 079

My 3 is 077

Husband's Vodafone is 077, my Virgin is 079 and the daughter's
goodness-knows-what but it started life as a 3 and I know she changed
providers without changing her number as she said 3 was cr*p is 078.
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