saxondale Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) Didn't an earlier post say that the Sheffield number was 0742, then had a 1 inserted making it 01742, then changed again to the current 0114? Was Rotherham not therefore 0709 at some point before the 1 was inserted? I guess you're correct that numbers were running low, so how does completely abandoning the old 01742 code and replacing it with 0114 free up any numbers? has someone hacked your account? Edited September 16, 2009 by saxondale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Didn't an earlier post say that the Sheffield number was 0742, then had a 1 inserted making it 01742, then changed again to the current 0114? Was Rotherham not therefore 0709 at some point before the 1 was inserted? I guess you're correct that numbers were running low, so how does completely abandoning the old 01742 code and replacing it with 0114 free up any numbers? BECAUSE. . . . . they went from a SIX digit number to a SEVEN digit number so the old number may have been 0742 654321 the new number was 0114 2654321 enabling immediately numbers starting 20x xxxx to exist and in due course (now) numbers starting 3xx xxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 has someone hacked your account? I think you may be correct either that or he must be trolling - he's not that stupid - he can't be. There are stupid people unable to understand, but he isn't. I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Daddy Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) Didn't an earlier post say that the Sheffield number was 0742, then had a 1 inserted making it 01742, then changed again to the current 0114? Was Rotherham not therefore 0709 at some point before the 1 was inserted? I guess you're correct that numbers were running low, so how does completely abandoning the old 01742 code and replacing it with 0114 free up any numbers? It would have created MILLIONS of extra numbers as local numbers went from 6 digits to 7! All areas had a 1 added to their phone numbers...EXCEPT Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham, Bristol and Leicester, who saw a COMPLETE CHANGE to their numbering structure. I cannot believe you are not getting it! And yes, London has seen two recent changes in 1995 and 2000. Search on Wikipedia for "telephone numbers in the United Kingdom", it is surprisingly accurate. Edited September 16, 2009 by Ginger Daddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parapou Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I think London changed twice - but I am prepared to be corrected. 01 then 071 and 081 then 0171 and 0181 then 020 (with existing numbers adding a 7 or an 8 prefix) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I think London changed twice - but I am prepared to be corrected. London numbers have changed a lot. From 01, they were split into two parts - 071 and 081 - then they had the same "1" inserted as most other places, becoming 0171 and 0181, on phONEday. Since then, they changed to 0207 and 0208 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banjodeano Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 sheffield used to be just .92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 sheffield used to be just .92 92 was a local code .. from some places it would get you Sheffield, but from Leicester it used to get you Loughborough (if I remember rightly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 sheffield used to be just .92 or just 9 - depending on where you were dialling from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 So, just to be clear, in 1992 not only did the code change to 0114, but the digit 2 was inserted in front of existing numbers. That extra digit created lots of free numbers. So, explain again why the code needed to change? Was there something wrong with dialling 01742 2345678 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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