If you are on vodafone and if u dont mind typing the 1st 5 digits of ur mobile number then can u do so?

mtheo is trying to establish if there is a pattern in the mobile numbers of vodafone users.

thanks

077899 if that helps

lol thanks but our freind Lurch has now informed us there is no particular pattern 4 vodafone mobile numbers!

What do you mean by a pattern? If you mean the 'area code' (the 07XXX bit) then you will find that there is. 079XX numbers are usually vodafone, while 078XX are usually 02. I think they reserve area codes for their network.

Originally posted by spiffymonkey
What do you mean by a pattern? If you mean the 'area code' (the 07XXX bit) then you will find that there is. 079XX numbers are usually vodafone, while 078XX are usually 02. I think they reserve area codes for their network.

what about the 07786 like mine and the 0781 like my dad and brothers........?

they used to have certain starting numbers for certain networks, not to sure now

07940 for t-mobile
07870 for orange
07732 for genie/o2
07879 vodafone

there are other examples, but cant think of em off top of my head

well lets blow all your theories out of the window ..

mine is 07917

Now that people can port their numbers from on network to another, I'd doubt if there's a foolproof way to tell.

Yeah I recently went from Vodaphone to Virgin just with a pac code..my no was 077201 if any use to you!!

Originally posted by Kristian
Now that people can port their numbers from on network to another, I'd doubt if there's a foolproof way to tell.

Yes, my number started out on Cellnet (remember them) and has been on every other network except 3 and Virgin since then. I change operators once a year to get a free phone. It seems strange that the operators haven't cottoned on to this and just given me new phones and keep taking my money. I guess all this 'we look after our current customers' stuff is just rubbish :)

Originally posted by peter41
well lets blow all your theories out of the window ..

mine is 07917

the examples i gave was just a few examples, obviously there is more :loopy:

Originally posted by spiffymonkey
What do you mean by a pattern? If you mean the 'area code' (the 07XXX bit) then you will find that there is. 079XX numbers are usually vodafone, while 078XX are usually 02. I think they reserve area codes for their network.

Sorry for taking a wiz on your fire but mine starts 079... and i'm with T-mobile !

Originally posted by serapis
Sorry for taking a wiz on your fire but mine starts 079... and i'm with T-mobile !

I you want to get yer little fella out near flames, that's up to you (I'm assuming you're male; if not... ouch!) ;-)

It appears that the blocks are no longer assigned, then, but when I got my number (5 years ago) there were definite blocks of numbers in the order I mentioned. The proliferation of number ports these days probably means that allocated blocks are no longer required; everyone just shares a large block of numbers. I've noticed that some services (esp. the PatientLine phone system in hospitals) also have 07XXX area codes, so it looks like these are not reserved just for mobiles any more.

As I already said once in another thread;

There are no set number prefixes for networks anymore, not for a few years since they started porting numbers i.e. take your number with you between networks.

All mobile numbers begin 07, no matter what network, and more specifically OFCOM say that 077, 078 and 079 prefixes only are mobiles.

The 07 patientline numbers are 070 numbers which are classed as personal numbers, not mobile.

People, get it out of your heads that mobile networks have their own prefixes, they don't.

The end.

I'm on O2 and have the very exclusive 07763

But then I'm special :razz: