<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">There are some areas where you must dial the area code, so that there is enough numbers available in the area. I've always dialled the full number, thus don't see what the fuss is about area codes.<div><br></div><div>Shaun</div><div><br><div><div>On 22 Aug 2013, at 11:42, Nick Whitelegg <<a href="mailto:Nick.Whitelegg@solent.ac.uk">Nick.Whitelegg@solent.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><br>So to dial Portsmouth from Southampton you need only do 92xxxxxx ? Not tried it.<br><br>Really, to make 023 a "Solent" area code though in any meaningful sense, you need Fareham, Gosport, Hedge End, Whiteley etc to all be in the 023 area.<br><br>Nick<br><br><font color="#990099">-----Andy Street <<a href="mailto:mail@andystreet.me.uk">mail@andystreet.me.uk</a>> wrote: -----</font><div style="padding-left:5px;"><div style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:5px;border-left:solid black 2px;">To: <a href="mailto:talk-gb@openstreetmap.org">talk-gb@openstreetmap.org</a><br>From: Andy Street <<a href="mailto:mail@andystreet.me.uk">mail@andystreet.me.uk</a>><br>Date: 22/08/2013 11:10AM<br>Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Phone numbers in little England<br><br><div><font face="Courier New,Courier,monospace" size="2">On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:31:49 +0100<br>Tom Hughes <<a href="mailto:tom@compton.nu">tom@compton.nu</a>> wrote:<br><br>> On 22/08/13 09:01, Lester Caine wrote:<br>> <br>> > Personally I still think of 0207 as Inner London and 0208 as Outer<br>> > London, but moving the 7/8 as part of the exchange sort of makes<br>> > sense these days.<br>> <br>> Well you think incorrectly then, as that has not been the case for<br>> some time, either in theory or in practice. On top of which 0203 is<br>> now in use as well...<br><br><br>I don't think the UK population has really cottoned on to the idea of<br>three digit area codes. We have a similar situation here on the South<br>Coast where some people think the area code is 02380 for Southampton and<br>02392 for Portsmouth when it is actually 023 for the whole area. I do<br>sometimes wonder whether it is a simple misunderstanding or the old<br>local rivalry and not wanting to get lumped in with "that lot at the<br>other end of the M27"! ;)<br><br>-- <br>Regards,<br><br>Andy Street<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Talk-GB mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org">Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb</a><br></font></div></div></div></font>_______________________________________________<br>Talk-GB mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org">Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org</a><br>http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>