"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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00:33:14 on Tue, 26 Oct 2010, MIG remarked:

It leaves the question: why would it cost the mobile company more to
connect to one of these numbers than to connect to any other number?

It doesn't necessarily[1]. Phone calls are not priced on a cost-plus
basis.

[1] Although it probably does cost the mobile phone company more to carry
the call from a handset to the interconnection point, than it would cost
many landline operators. If "cost" takes everything into account.


You may find there is an 020 0 or 020 1 number luring behind the new 0843
one. At some point I may investigate it. Train tracker (national rail) hides
behind such numbers.

For the time being no more finding out if the trains are running till I
either get to the station, or can get a usable 3G signal and connection on
my phone at the LST end.

I had email correspondence with TfL about getting rid of the 020 7 number
and it came down to;

1 a new phone system at there end
2 a new phone provider there end
3 better way to manage the call flows and traffic
4 not being tied into a 020 7 number which generally terminated on the
'correct' exchange.

NGN numbers can be re-pointed and moved about with little effort - its much
harder to move a geo number.

In uk.transport.london Q ..@.. wrote:
NGN numbers can be re-pointed and moved about with little effort - its much
harder to move a geo number.

Not really... port it to VOIP and it's easy. Plus if they really needed an
NGN there's the whole 03... range which is covered as if it were a geo
number by everyone's inclusive packages. Only they don't get revenue share
on 03.

Theo

On Oct 29, 10:39*pm, "Q" ..@.. wrote:
You may find there is an 020 0 or 020 1 number luring behind the new 0843
one. At some point I may investigate it. Train tracker (national rail) hides
behind such numbers.

saynoto0870.com says the number goes to 020 7222 5600 (I haven't
tested it to see!).

PhilD

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(PhilD) wrote:

On Oct 29, 10:39*pm, "Q" ..@.. wrote:
You may find there is an 020 0 or 020 1 number luring behind the new
0843 one. At some point I may investigate it. Train tracker (national
rail) hides behind such numbers.

saynoto0870.com says the number goes to 020 7222 5600 (I haven't
tested it to see!).

That's the main switchboard number at 55 Broadway, isn't it? I wouldn't
expect it to get one through to the travel information service.

They have been blocking 020 alternatives. There used to be one for the
Oyster Helpline on o202 7227 7886 but it's been unobtainable for some time.

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Colin Rosenstiel