On 01/09/2014 08:48 PM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> On 01/09/2014 20:11, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/phone/numbering/dial-the-code/
>>
>> Due to telephone number exhaustion, they're asking everybody to upgrade
>> to IPv6 - er, I mean, they're changing the numbering plan.
>>
>> Currently, all area codes start with 0. But that means you cannot assign
>> anybody a telephone number that starts with 0, see? So they're making it
>> so you always have to dial the area code. That way, we know it's the
>> area code because it's at the beginning of the number, not because it
>> starts with a 0.
>>
>> Rather than, say, add new area codes or something, which would only
>> affect people assigned these new numbers.
>>
>> Still, I guess it could be worse...
>
> So, how many digits in your new number ?

It's exactly the same as the old number, except that now you always have 
to dial the area code, rather than only needing to dial it from outside 
the area.

...then again, everybody has mobile phones now, which don't have an 
"area", so...

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