Quote:That is the principal issue idb, as you say all uses of NGNs where revenue is required must be moved back to 09 where they belong. I do not believe it is difficult at all to plan a proper use of the 08 category. ISPs could easily be allocated a relatively low rate 09 category. It is all about wanting to plan a proper structure which conforms to the National Numbering Plan. However I don't agree with your idea re 018.... That would just confuse things even more. Any number commencing 01 must stay geographic.
Having thought about this, I'm inclined to agree. Ofcom has made a complete mess of the NTNP and further anomolies should be discouraged, however I plan to modify my original suggestion slightly. My a5sertion is that NTS 084 and 087 are not needed and should revenue be required then the numbers
must shift into the 09 range and all others
must revert to geographic. Recognizing that number migration takes a while and that the Ofcom proposed timeframe is unacceptable, then an interim solution is required.
My proposal is that 0844, 0845, 0870 and 0871 are allocated a geographic 'replace code' from the unused pools that simply overlays the NGN and will be handled exactly as a geographic equivalent. This will be a temporary measure until these scam numbers are consigned to history. Give operators a two year period to switch over.
A similar process used to happen here in the United States for the toll-free numbering, although it has subsequently been ditched, presumably because foreign operators treat such calls as normal geographic numbers and there are now fewer problems with international termination. Area codes 880, 881 and 882 were allocated as 'replace codes' for toll-free numbers 800, 888 and 877 respectively and designated "paid international calls to +1 8XX" so that calls originating outside the NANP could be terminated.
Comments/criticisms are again welcome.
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This message board software is a joke. It changes the phrase "my a5sertion" (I have had to replace an 's' with a '5' ) to "I disagreeertion" presumably because it does not like the word a5s.
Has this software been designed by Ofcom by any chance?
Can the owner do something about this ludicrous behaviour?