pkh%computer-science.nottingham.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (Kevin Hopkins) (02/07/90)
Some time ago people were complaining that in the States they had to remember which form of a phone number to dial depending on whether the call was local, long distance, or long distance within the same area code. Well over here it seems that you can dial the same form of a number from within the whole of the UK. It used to be the case that you dialled the whole phone number (area code + subscribers number) from the whole of the UK, except when within the same area code when you *had* to leave off the area code. A recording used to intercept saying "061 not needed when dialling within Manchester", for example. Now it seems that you can dial the area code even when within the same area code. I presume that the billing is local. Well at least this works within 0602 area code (tried in exchanges 48, 51, 58 and 81). I think this must be one of the benefits of having a privatised UK-wide monopoly (BT) :-) All we need now is equal access to the one allowed alternate long distance carrier. +--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | K.Hopkins%cs.nott.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk | Kevin Hopkins, | | or ..!mcsun!ukc!nott-cs!K.Hopkins | Department of Computer Science,| | or in the UK: K.Hopkins@uk.ac.nott.cs | University of Nottingham, | | CHAT-LINE: +44 602 484848 x 3815 | Nottingham, ENGLAND, NG7 2RD | +--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+