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[_] BT test numbers

Tim Beadle tim.beadle at gmail.com
Wed Nov 14 09:15:13 GMT 2007

On 14/11/2007, Peter Marshall <marshallp at sparkdata.co.uk> wrote:
> 0272? Ah, happy days..  Talking of which, does anyone else get really annoyed
> by signs and/or people quoting Bris numbers as starting with 01179 xxxxxx?
> Or is it just me, getting old...

It's not just annoying, it's...erm...*really* annoying, because:

* My work number starts 0117 930 12xx
* Bristol Red Cross's number starts 0117 301 2xxx
* People dial 01179 (thinking that this is the code for Bristol. It's
not! It's 0117) then the rest of the Red Cross number, and end up
talking to me :grr:

It doesn't happen as much as it used to, but the urge to have words
with businesses who advertise their number as 01179 xxx xxxx is
_strong_.

Tim