Paul Cupis wrote:
> 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).

Thanks Paul,

Digital Mail/Redstone told me that it was mine! :-)

BTW, it is a 07050. Does anyone know where can I locate the current
cost for calling it? I believe it is not especially expensive to call.

S.