Solario explained :
> 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.

I think you are mistaken
<http://www.serviceview.bt.com/list/current/docs/Call_Charges.boo/00161.htm>

07050 is either j or k rate - 31.99p or 37.495, depending on the 6th
digit.