Dave, I think the point is that VOIP is a relatively new arrival  in the general consumer telecommunications scenario. VOIP was not taken into account when the NTNP was formulated.

It would now need to be added if Ofcom were fulfilling its obligation to enforce, control and maintain the NTNP.

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I don't see a problem with geographical numbers being used for VoIP. Ofcom announced that the code for VoIP would be 056. From BT's site, they charge 3p/min daytime, 1p/min evening/weekend. And I bet they are excluded from BT Together inclusive packages. So in effect, they are the same as 0845 numbers. I'd much prefer people used geographical numbers for their VoIP phones so that I can call them in the evening for 5.5p/hour...

"Geographical" numbers where the code tells you the area in which then phone is located is a throwback to the days where the STD code was actually connecting you to a particular exchange. With modern technology, a code could point to a phone anywhere.

I would be quite happy for all numbers to be "non-geographical", as long as all numbers are created equal, included in the special calling packages, and revenue sharing is banned!