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Old November 15th 07, 05:55 PM posted to uk.transport.london, uk.telecom, uk.railway
JohnW JohnW is offline
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Default London Underground Ventilation Shafts



Pyromancer wrote:


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?

For the same reason that people don't prefix their numbers with +44 so
that they can be sure it will work from anywhere in the world.