blech:
posted on 2004/07/13 12:41
The BBC seems to think that London's getting a new area code, 0203.
Of course, this is complete shit.
The:
It's 020<space>3
blech:
The London area code is 020, as The has just said.
The:
just a new allocation. This should confuse people no end
blech:
All this means is that new London numbers will start with 3, instead of 7 or 8, as they have up until now.
It shouldn't confuse people, but then Ofcom really handled area code allocations badly through the 90s, so people think 0207 is an area code.
The:
There wasn't a serious "LOOK YOUR MORONS, THE LONDON CODE IS JUST 020"
Which was a campaign needed to happen
blech:
True.
I make the point occasionally (especially when people are about to print business cards), but it's not something that most people seem to know.
The lack of a standard UK number length, let alone a standard area code length, doesn't help.
Prefixes can be three digits or five (020 vs 01787), and numbers can vary in length too.
Sigh.
The:
but they add up to the same thing...
Makes sense to me. but then i like netmasks
blech:
There are plenty of things to complain about with Ofcom, but a "new London code", which is no such thing, isn't one of them.
O2's business area ads ("you can choose 0207 and 0208") don't help either.
The:
Which Ofcom are "looking into" supposedly
blech:
You might like to read Ofcom's press release, rather than the BBC's dumbed-down nonsense.
We hate you all. Yes, especially you. Sod off and DIE