On 03/09/14 15:01, Saul Luizaga wrote:
> 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...
> 
> By your words and news://news.povray.org:119/5405bb55$1@news.povray.org
> (assuming this person is refering to UK phone system):
> 
> UK phone system: 0x yyyy yyyy (x:0-9) (y:0-9)
> 0x : area code
> 
> adding the area code don't add new phone numbers, it only makes the
> number longer, making the number: yyyy yyyy y would
> 
> Anyway...

The London codes are in the form 020 x yyy zzzz. atm x is replaced with
'7', '8' or '3'. It is expected that '4' and '5' will be added by 2019.
It's worth noting that as of July 2014, all available London numbers
starting with '7' have been issued to telephone companies, along with
86% of those starting with '8' and 77% of numbers beginning with '3'.

John
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