Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Colum Mylod Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: UK Telephone System Message-ID: <8812@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 7 Jun 90 13:18:47 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Colum Mylod Organization: Oracle Europe, The Netherlands Lines: 53 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 422, Message 6 of 8 In article <8561@accuvax.nwu.edu> "Clive D.W. Feather" writes: >certain special codes: >010 international access > 0001 equivalent to 010 350 1 [Dublin] Correction: this is equivalent to 010 353 1 [Dublin], 350 is Gibraltar. > 0055 from London only; calls charged at L rate > 0066 from London only; calls charged at a rate > 0077 from London only; calls charged at m rate To finish off this part completely a mention should be made of the 000? and 001? codes from Northern Ireland since this is part of BT's fiefdom: 0002 equivalent to 010 353 21 [Cork] 0004 equivalent to 010 353 42 [Dundalk] 0005 equivalent to 010 353 51 [Waterford] 0006 equivalent to 010 353 61 [Limerick] 0007 equivalent to 010 353 74 [Letterkenny] 0009 equivalent to 010 353 91 [Galway] 0011 equivalent to 010 353 41 [Drougheda] 0012 equivalent to 010 353 46 [Navan] 0014 equivalent to 010 353 47 [Monaghan] There are also codes 0010/0015/0016/0017 but my memory fades. The codes 0002 to 0009 were at one stage operative from G. Britain, but disappeared around 1982 without any notice being given. They are listed still for calls from N. Ireland to +353 land. Something else to note is that although 0001 is equivalent to dialing 010 353 1 from GB to IRL, 010 353 1 WILL NOT WORK! Yes, to call IRL from GB (except to Dublin) you dial 010 353 , but trying that way to Dublin is blocked. I am one of those people who try "illegal" codes to see what happens. As an aside, the European Commission has decided to try to have 00 as a common international access code from all twelve states in the EEC. This would mean the demise of all these 00- codes. The Dutch PTT is committed to having 00 as its IDD code (currently it's 09), and operator services are being moved from 00- to 06-04?? over the next few years. Your article was fascinating, Clive. How did BT manage to invent such complexity ? Colum Mylod cmylod@oracle.nl The Netherlands Above is IMHO