any alternative to 0870 1473921?  ??? ???

The name of the main provider would be useful. Also, is that number for a particular room, or is it a single number to access any room. (If it's the latter, there's little chance of finding the number).

The 0870 is provided by Torch. So you could try their allocated Manchester codes:

0161 615
0161 636
0161 638
0161 822

0161 134
0161 135
0161 138
0161 144

You probably won't be able to dial the last four from a BT line...

If the phone service is under one of Kingston's brands, one of those numbers might work. But if it's a provider such as Keycom, they tend to use voice over IP (VoIP) so there's no geographical alternative.

Who provides the service? Is it Keycom? It might be known as Keytalk.

If it is, I believe they use VoIP, which means that there probably isn't an alternative.

Depending on mobile tariffs, it may well be cheaper to phone 0870 than mobile to mobile. In some circumstances it may well be cheaper to phone from landline to mobile (depending on network/time of day).

For example, Orange's latest PAYG tariff is 15p/min at all times to Orange and landlines. It's cheaper to call an Orange phone from a BT Together landline in the daytime at 13.6p/min than call it from a Orange PAYG phone on the latest tariff!

I wonder how it is that Mr Nolan's stipulations on not allowing conflicts of interest in public life do not seem to have touched the almost exclusively ex major telco echelons of Ofcom senior management.

In the Advertising industry they don't allow the former poachers to become the gamekeepers.

Anyone got any ideas about this building?  Its listed as CAR Residential Accommodation on the uni website

Clara wrote on Jul 8^th, 2006 at 12:10pm:

Perhaps you can provide some more information. What 0870 numbers are used? *** out the last few digits of your room's number. What company operates the system? Is it Keytalk's Keycom service?

I have joined your post onto the existing thread on the Salford University phone system.

What is your 0870 number (with last digits **ed out)? Is it as in the first post? Is the 0870 specific for your room or is it one which you dial, and then, when it prompts you to, the caller enters the extension number?

I think that the number you have posted may be very useful.

Firstly, it's too many digits. The actual number is 0161 2792000. Did you call this number or did you input all the digits, including the extension number, when calling it back? Dialling it with too many digits may make it tell you "not recognised" or similar.

Secondly, the 0161 279 prefix is allocated to NTL, change (probably allocation) date 07/1996.

You say your extension number is 12**. I would try 0161 27922** where the bold bit is the last three digits of your internal extension number. Also try 0161 27912** where the bold bit is the extension number.

If you do get an answer, you might like to ask whether the person is a student in the accommodation. If we have an extension and 0161 pair, then we should be able to work out how the two relate.