ken@sharkey.cc.umich.edu (Ken Jongsma) (12/03/90)
Coming right on the heels of the London City Code change, the {London
Financial Times} reports that British Telecom is requesting approval to
add one digit to all city codes in the UK. BT expresses the usual
argument that with the explosion of FAX, modem and other users, the
country is running out of numbers. Initially, the change would be made
by adding the number 1 after the trunk access code 0. Hence, 071 in
London would become 0171.
No date was given for th change, except the BT wants to wait until
most mechanical exchanges have been converted to digital, to make the
change easier.
(From the same edition of the {Financial Times}: AT&T wants to
purchase NCR.)
Ken Jongsma ken@wybbs.mi.org
Smiths Industries ken%wybbs@sharkey.umich.edu
Grand Rapids, Michigan ..sharkey.cc.umich.edu!wybbs!ken