"Henry" wrote in message
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On 28-Mar-2007, "Exchange"
wrote:

ITYM 020 7222 1234

We've never had 0207 numbers in London - they were in the
Consett/Stanley
area in the North East. Try dialling 222 1234 locally and see what
happens.

Well you've got that very wrong, I live in Lambeth and MY number
is 0207.

Go to here, and search for 0207:
http://tinyurl.com/354p6p
"Sorry, there was no match for 0207. Please try again."
How come?



http://tinyurl.com/2q87fa
Type: 020
London has two codes 0207 and 0208

Just one example of a London 0207 number being St Thomas's
hospital on South side of Westminster bridge opposite House of
Parliament:
http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/vi...lstthomas.aspx


And this is one example of a London 0208 number
scroll down to Tottenham
http://www.powerleague.co.uk/location.asp

Exchange wrote:
"Henry" wrote in message
...

On 28-Mar-2007, "Exchange"
wrote:

ITYM 020 7222 1234

We've never had 0207 numbers in London - they were in the
Consett/Stanley area in the North East. Try dialling 222
1234 locally and see what happens.

Well you've got that very wrong, I live in Lambeth and MY number
is 0207.

Go to here, and search for 0207:
http://tinyurl.com/354p6p
"Sorry, there was no match for 0207. Please try again."
How come?

http://tinyurl.com/2q87fa
Type: 020
London has two codes 0207 and 0208

NO! From the OFCOM site's FAQ:

"Q: Since when has the London Code been 020? Aren’t there two London
codes – 0207 and 0208?

A: There has only been one area code for London (020) since April 2000.
In 1997, following public consultation, Oftel announced that 020 would
become the code for Greater London with effect from April 2000,
following 2 years of parallel running with 0171 and 0181 (ie, between
1998 and 2000).

With the adoption of 020, Greater London moved from having 7-digit local
numbers to having 8-digit local numbers. ‘8’ or ‘7’ became the first
digit of the local number, depending on whether the number had
previously been Inner (0171) or Outer (0181) London."

Just one example of a London 0207 number being St Thomas's
hospital on South side of Westminster bridge opposite House of
Parliament:
http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/vi...lstthomas.aspx

"Tel: 020 7188 7188"

And this is one example of a London 0208 number
scroll down to Tottenham
http://www.powerleague.co.uk/location.asp

Yes, they're ignorant too.

--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

In article ,
am (Exchange) wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2q87fa
Type: 020
London has two codes 0207 and 0208

You're going to get mighty confused when you try to dial an 020 3xxx xxxx
number then!

Just one example of a London 0207 number being St Thomas's
hospital on South side of Westminster bridge opposite House of
Parliament:
http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/vi...lstthomas.aspx

The number of people in London ignorant of their phone numbering system
never ceases to amaze me. And I work there.

The change was quite simple after all. London went back to one area code
again but with 8 digit local numbers. All the old ones had 7 or 8 added
to the front, depending on whether they were in the old 0171 or 0181
areas previously. Is that so very hard to grasp?

I wonder how much time is wasted by people in London dialling 11 digits
all the time instead of 8?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
am (Exchange) wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2q87fa
Type: 020
London has two codes 0207 and 0208

You're going to get mighty confused when you try to dial an 020 3xxx xxxx
number then!

Or 020 0xxx xxxx, which I've seen several companies (including LU!) using.

Cheers,

Barry

In article ,
(Barry Salter) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
am (Exchange) wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2q87fa
Type: 020
London has two codes 0207 and 0208

You're going to get mighty confused when you try to dial an 020
3xxx xxxx number then!

Or 020 0xxx xxxx, which I've seen several companies (including LU!)
using.

Oh! I didn't know they were in use yet. I knew that 70xx and 80xx of the
impossible before the change options were in use but not those.

020 0xxx can't be dialled with 8 digits within London, though, so they
are reserved for limited purposes.

--
Colin Rosenstiel