"Alasdair" <mail@bobaxter.coo.uk> wrote in message
news:63rto29pg8d5a7efoicnbifc92cq3a8fhf@4ax.com

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> I don't know what other users of this ng think but I
> think we should petition Ofcom to change the rules so
> that once a number is issued to a customer, he should
> have some proprietary and inalienable right to it.

Never going to happen. Pigs and aviation spring to mind.

Ivor