Solario wrote:
> 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?

I don't think that they will be revoking the existing PNS number, they
say that they will not be issuing any more 070 ranges to operators from
the end of 2007.

After that, PNS call with charges greater than a threshold (to be
defined, maybe 20ppm), will have to have a charge-announcement.

I do not think they are saying that you'll have to surrender your
current 070 number (or that it will be removed by them).

Of course, the PNS number is not really /yours/, but belongs to the
range holder (as assigned by Ofcom).