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- From: evansmp@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Evans)
- Subject: Re: 02 numbers
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:27:59 GMT
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- Richard Cox (mandarin@cix.compulink.co.uk) wrote:
- : guy@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Guy Barry) writes:
- :
- : >> I'm getting more and more astonished by all this. If that's the plan,
- : >> then why not leave all numbers as they are at the moment, and bring in
- : >> "01" numbers to provide relief and for additional services? The number
- : >> of possible eleven-digit "01" numbers is exactly the same as the number
- : >> of possible eleven-digit "02" numbers.
- :
- : That is what a lot of people are thinking right now.
- : Except BT and Oftel, of course.
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- there are quite a few 10 digit numbers starting 01...
- like in the order of 50 million
- which are not currently used (which have been free since London finished
- going to 071/081)
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