Paul Cupis wrote:
> Ofcom plans future of UK Telephone Numbering
> http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2006/07/nr_20060727
>
> *******
> Ofcom is also taking specific action to prevent scams on 070 personal
> numbers, which are often confused with mobile numbers. Ofcom will end
> 070 personal numbering allocations from the end of 2007, and from early
> 2007 customers will have to get a pre-call announcement of call charges
> for any calls above a certain price.
>
> During 2007 Ofcom will assess demand for genuine personal numbering
> services and may then open replacement 06 numbers for them. This will
> allow 07 numbers to be used only for mobile services, ending any
> potential confusion.
> *******

Well thank you Ofcom! I seriously believed when I took a personal
number, just after they were first introduced, that it was mine for
life. I do not abuse it. Potential customers and my family can reach
me wherever I am. At times my personal number even reaches me on my
mobile in the US.

Why should people like me be punished because others have abused the
system?

S.