"Chris" <chris.hopley@gmail.com.z> wrote in message
news:1130669265.3018.0@echo.uk.clara.net...
>
> Yeah, but 056 is quite a good option as it is charged to the caller at
> the same rate as 01 and 02, which should also mean that 056 numbers
> can be called more readily from overseas (0870 is quite poor in this
> respect).

But you cannot receive calls on 056******* numbers from most NTL
customers, because NTL have refused to enable most of their exchanges to
handle them. Until NTL are made to change their mind on this, 056
numbers are not a viable proposition.