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On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:55:31 +0000, Charles Ellson
wrote: The two places are in different charging groups aren't they ? Issuing different STD codes to places which are in different charging groups but the same numbering scheme is nothing new; it makes things slightly less confusing than IIRC the arrangement in 0191-land where calling from the surrounding area to an adjacent 0191- exchange is a local call but calling to the far side is a national call. Does that distinction even exist any more? Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply. |
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Tom Anderson wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007, Mortimer wrote: Likewise my grandpa's number had a 2 added at the time of Phoneday when the code for Leeds changed, he always answered it as "Leeds 2 [pause] 123 456". Sounds like a football score! Although where you'd find a team called 12345, i don't know. Somewhere between Forfar and Fife. |
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Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Richard J.
gently breathed: Pyromancer wrote: Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Adrian gently breathed: Would that it were that simple. The implication is that one can dial 222 1234 within a notional STD code of "0207" AND expect to be connected. I have heard that there are a handful of exchanges within London were that does work. However the standard is now eight digit local numbers within London. Dialing eight digits within STD code "020" will always work. Why do people want to only dial part of the number? Why not just dial the whole thing and be sure it will work from anywhere in the UK, including mobiles? If I'm in London using a landline phone, why would I want to dial 11 digits when 8 would do? Because pressing 3 buttons isn't exactly difficult, and it saves the bother of having to work out each time you phone whether you can use the shortened version or not? I suppose different people do it different ways, I just find it easier to always dial full numbers, that way it always just works. -- - DJ Pyromancer, Black Sheep, Leeds. http://www.sheepish.net Broadband, Dialup, Domains = http://www.wytches.net = The UK's Pagan ISP! http://www.inkubus-sukkubus.co.uk http://www.revival.stormshadow.com |
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Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Richard J.
gently breathed: G wrote: On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:21:06 +0000, James Farrar wrote: One of the mobile companies -- Vodafone, I think -- that displays the area the mobile is in on some handsets' screens displays 0207 / 0208, too. I put that down to the silly numbering conventions: Large cities (e.g. Birmingham) = 4 digits (0121) Provincial towns = 5 digits (e.g. 01772) '02' numbers (e.g. London, NI, Cardiff) = 3 digits Mobiles = 5 digits Yes, most people seem to group the first five digits of a mobile number (07xxx) together, but I'm not aware of any written convention that says you should. Personally I quote mine as 0787 xxx xxxx because it easier to remember that way. I find mobile numbers easiest to think of as 07xxx xxx xxx, 5-3-3 seems to be easier to remember. I've noticed dodgy companies trying to look like where they are based is bigger than it is by moving the spaces in their numbers about, writing town numbers as though they were city xxxx xxx xxxx ones, or trying to disguise "national rate" 0870 by doing 0870x xxx xxx, etc. NP: Yngwie J Malmsteen - Motherless Child. -- - DJ Pyromancer, Black Sheep, Leeds. http://www.sheepish.net Broadband, Dialup, Domains = http://www.wytches.net = The UK's Pagan ISP! http://www.inkubus-sukkubus.co.uk http://www.revival.stormshadow.com |
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On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:59:57 +0000, Pyromancer wrote
If I'm in London using a landline phone, why would I want to dial 11 digits when 8 would do? Because pressing 3 buttons isn't exactly difficult, and it saves the bother of having to work out each time you phone whether you can use the shortened version or not? I suppose different people do it different ways, I just find it easier to always dial full numbers, that way it always just works. To be honest, most numbers I dial are now programmed into the phone before I dial them. It's comparatively rare that I dial a number from scratch. That being the case, I always just dial the full number. It seems easier and less susceptible to error |
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![]() "Stimpy" wrote in message . co.uk : : On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:59:57 +0000, Pyromancer wrote : : : : : : : If I'm in London using a landline phone, why would : : : : I want to dial 11 digits when 8 would do? : : : : : : Because pressing 3 buttons isn't exactly difficult, : : : and it saves the bother of having to work out each : : : time you phone whether you can use the shortened : : : version or not? I suppose different people do it : : : different ways, I just find it easier to always dial : : : full numbers, that way it always just works. : : : : To be honest, most numbers I dial are now programmed : : into the phone before I dial them. It's comparatively : : rare that I dial a number from scratch. That being the : : case, I always just dial the full number. It seems : : easier and less susceptible to error Most numbers I dial other than from memory are done from work, where we have Featurenet. This gives us access to any company phone using the last 4 digits of the PSTN direct dial number, so for 0121-25x yyyy I just have to dial yyyy. To dial a number on the PSTN is a simple case of prefixing with a 9. Ivor |
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On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:05:22 +0000, Pyromancer
wrote: I've noticed dodgy companies trying to look like where they are based is bigger than it is by moving the spaces in their numbers about, writing town numbers as though they were city xxxx xxx xxxx ones, or trying to disguise "national rate" 0870 by doing 0870x xxx xxx, etc. Atlantic 252 used to do something worse than that way back when London was still 01 and the international code was 010. Their DJs always read the number as "01 0353 463 66 77". |
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![]() "James Farrar" wrote in message ... On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:05:22 +0000, Pyromancer wrote: I've noticed dodgy companies trying to look like where they are based is bigger than it is by moving the spaces in their numbers about, writing town numbers as though they were city xxxx xxx xxxx ones, or trying to disguise "national rate" 0870 by doing 0870x xxx xxx, etc. This was because they ran out and had to prepend. BT instigated this silly way of representing them, perhaps beacuse if you had paid ££££ for 0870 444 444 you would be a bit miffed when it became 0870 744 4444. Atlantic 252 used to do something worse than that way back when London was still 01 and the international code was 010. Their DJs always read the number as "01 0353 463 66 77". That's only Ireland - probably cheaper than 0870 on most tariffs. |
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