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John Guest	University of Surrey (Guildford) accommodation May 2^nd, 2004 at 9:09pm Does anyone know the geographic number for University of Surrey (Guildford) accommodation? NTL run the halls phone service and use 0870 numbers Thanks.
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Re: University of Surrey (Guildford) accommodation
Reply #1 - May 4^th, 2004 at 3:54pm

Have you tried getting someone there to call you to get the number they use ? If so, does it give you the 0870 number or a "number withheld" message ? Undecided

I would assume then that all the UNI numbers are provided by NTL, in which case if you can get a list of the "Geo" numbers and check it against the list at the Ofcom website, you may be able to deduce the accomodation numbers from those in or around the sequence that are not used.
As it might be a longish job and take a few phone calls to check out those possible, I wish you Luck.

Don't forget to post your results if you find them.

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Sam Albrow Guest	Re: University of Surrey (Guildford) accommodation Reply #2 - Jun 10^th, 2004 at 9:43pm 01483 xx xx equals: 59 68 82 83 54 85 87 88 Allocated to NTL
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smiley2005 Newbie Offline Posts: 2	Re: University of Surrey (Guildford) accommodation Reply #3 - Sep 5^th, 2005 at 6:34pm Hi, I tried them all, and none of them worked. If anyone has a better advice then calling a telephone box instead, contact me, please! Thanks & Regards
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Reply #4 - Dec 1^st, 2004 at 12:12pm

Does anyone know the geographic numbers for student accommodation on the Uni campus (numbers start 0870 282 xxxx)
I tried to phone from abroad but number is unobtainable. Uni tell me that its an NTL number and that there is no BT equivalent. BT tell me there has to be a BT number as NTL only re-route via their equipment!!!!!!
Any assistance would be appreciated as phoning a UK mobile from abroad is very expensive.
Thanks,

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jrawle Supreme Member Offline Posts: 708 Didcot, Oxfordshire Gender:	Re: University of Surrey student accommodation Reply #5 - Dec 1^st, 2004 at 12:42pm By "BT number", I assume you mean geographical number. Anyway, the following are allocated to NTL: 01483 59 01483 68 01483 82 01483 83 01483 84 01483 85 01483 87 01483 88 01483 00 Try those. However, if it's the last number, you'll probably only be able to call it from NTL lines.
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siterly Newbie Offline Posts: 3	Re: University of Surrey student accommodation Reply #6 - Dec 1^st, 2004 at 1:43pm Thanks, I will give these a try
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Re: University of Surrey student accommodation
Reply #7 - Dec 3^rd, 2004 at 3:14pm

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Does anyone know the geographic numbers for student accommodation on the Uni campus (numbers start 0870 282 xxxx).

Funny that... numbers at Swansea University start 0870 282 xxxx as well.

However, the xxxx doesn't correspond exactly to your internal number - e.g. 79xxx is 6xxx.

Anyone have any suggestions for possible geographic numbers to these extensions?

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Re: University of Surrey student accommodation
Reply #8 - Dec 3^rd, 2004 at 9:51pm

Interesting! Well, I suppose that's why they call 0870 a non-geographical number. There's no reason why different numbers with the same code map to numbers in different locations.

I have a strange sense of deja vu - I'm sure I've looked up info on Swansea Uni before, but I can't find it in the forum now.

NTL have 9 numbers in Swansea:

01792 40
01792 41
01792 51 to 01792 55 inclusive
01792 60
01792 61

You might find the next digit is different too (seeing as it's already different depending on if you call from internally or externally). I'd try 9 and 6 first though. Hopefully you'll get number unobtainable so it won't cost anything to try them. Oh, and if you get through to the wrong person, ask them where they are - you may have found Surrey or another uni's number!

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siterly Newbie Offline Posts: 3	Re: University of Surrey student accommodation Reply #9 - Dec 4^th, 2004 at 10:26am Thanks jrawle, you have been very helpful providing this information. I will post details once I have been successful. Cheers,
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smiley2005 Newbie Offline Posts: 2	Re: University of Surrey student accommodation Reply #10 - Sep 5^th, 2005 at 6:31pm Hi, I tried all theese numbers, but none of them worked. My only advice is to call a telephone box. Regards
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Re: University of Surrey student accommodation
Reply #11 - Sep 20^th, 2005 at 9:30pm

I've just found this page on the Surrey system.
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For people to phone you from outside of campus
they must dial 0870 282 then
0 if your extension starts with 52
1 if your extension starts with 53
2 if your extension starts with 54

Following this they should enter the last three digits of your extension.

For example if your extension is 53249 then from outside dial 0870 2821249 - easy!

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Re: University of Surrey student accommodation
Reply #12 - Sep 27^th, 2005 at 11:17pm

See my suggestions in Post 2 of the below thread for ways to try to challenge this abuse. Of course in this other case it was an 0871 at 10p per minute at all times but most of the issues are the same:-

http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?board=test;action=display;num=...

You should also consider submitting a request to the university under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 asking for disclosure of the underlying geographic numbers that these 0870 numbers point to.

You should also ask for details of the revenue share received by the university on each call and/or whether the telecoms equipment and lines were installed by the phone company free if they were allowed to use ripoff 0870 numbers. You should ask the university to reveal if their facilities/telecoms/acommodation manager examined the cost of these calls compared to normal numbers starting 01 and 02 and whether the phone supplier offered an option to provide 01/02 numbers if the university had paid something towards the cost of the installation.

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Dave Global Moderator Offline Posts: 9,902 Yorkshire Gender:	Re: University of Surrey student accommodation Reply #13 - Nov 9^th, 2005 at 4:08pm As it's an NTL system, try dialling 173 and see if it gives a number, as suggested here on the Cambridge University thread.
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jessporter Newbie Offline Posts: 1	University of Surrey Reply #14 - Dec 6^th, 2006 at 3:44pm Hello Everyone! Can anyone offer advice on getting around the ridiculous prices charged by the Uni and NTL to call the phones in campus rooms? The numbers are in the format: 0870 282 ** Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Jess x Edited:** by Dave: Thread merged with existing one.
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