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But even that's not right, 3, 7 and 8 are just first digits of local numbers..... sub codes indeed!

That's what you get when journalists don't read a press release properly.

cdd wrote:

cwathen wrote:

How does it cope with 'Press 1 for this, press 2 for that....' type situations?

Usually, I try to use a different phone for these. But I did pick up a tone generator thingamajig from a car boot sale for £2 - so I can handle these situations when I want to.

You weren't thinking, perchance, of emulating the special operator C5 tones (which are capable of forcing calls through the US, UK (and various other) phone systems for free)?

I don't have the option - I have a touchtone keypad with 12 buttons on it (the digits, * and #) which just generates the touchtones. BT actively marketed the things just after TTB was introduced. It's a bit of a cludge to use, so as I said, I do tend to try and use another phone for calls when I need a touchtone phone.

cwathen wrote:I don't have the option - I have a touchtone keypad with 12 buttons on it (the digits, * and #) which just generates the touchtones. BT actively marketed the things just after TTB was introduced. It's a bit of a cludge to use, so as I said, I do tend to try and use another phone for calls when I need a touchtone phone.

Yes, they were quite common in the days before everywhee changed gto tone dialling. I was sent one when I signed up for Natwest's telephone banking about 10 years ago

Tone generators were also supplied with answering machines to enable you to dial in and listen to your messages remotely.

Anyone remember the time when 1471 couldn't handle calls from mobiles?

no but I do remember "the number you have called has changed. please prefix the code with 01" or whatever it used to be.

bless phONEday. it was so much fun.

From today's Evening Standard:

New phone code change
Londoners buying news homes or starting businesses will be given the new 0203 telephone code as early as next summer, telecoms regulator Ofcom said today.

The code will cover the whole of London and will be applied to new lines issued to phone companies from July 2005. Existing 0207 and 0208 numbers will not change.

Grrr. When will these people learn?!

But the Ofcom press release really ought to carry a note urging journalists not to refer to 0207/0208 "codes".

James Hatts wrote:From today's Evening Standard:

New phone code change
Londoners buying news homes or starting businesses will be given the new 0203 telephone code as early as next summer, telecoms regulator Ofcom said today.

The code will cover the whole of London and will be applied to new lines issued to phone companies from July 2005. Existing 0207 and 0208 numbers will not change.

Grrr. When will these people learn?!

But the Ofcom press release really ought to carry a note urging journalists not to refer to 0207/0208 "codes".

Doh! beat me to it!

But this new one is very confusing. Why not have 020 3 & 7 for inner london & 020 4 & 8 for outer london.

The original rumour I heard was there wa soging to be a third number for all greater London area that didn't have a london postcode, i.e. Ilford IG1 whihc is right next door to Manor Park E12

Johnny wrote:But this new one is very confusing. Why not have 020 3 & 7 for inner london & 020 4 & 8 for outer london.

It's not confusing at all so long as people grasp the simple fact that London has ONE code (020) which is followed by an eight-digit number.

What the first digit of that number happens to be is of no consequence.

James Hatts wrote:

Johnny wrote:But this new one is very confusing. Why not have 020 3 & 7 for inner london & 020 4 & 8 for outer london.

It's not confusing at all so long as people grasp the simple fact that London has ONE code (020) which is followed by an eight-digit number.

What the first digit of that number happens to be is of no consequence.

I suppose so & conisering london is the only 020 coed area there is no problem. But when other areas do