Hi,

I did a search but couldn't find an existing thread for York.

Basically I'm looking for a geographic number for the accomodation numbers. The 0870 number in question is 08707583XXX - according to the OFCOM list this is allocated to Your Communications, but they don't seem to have an allocation in the York area code (01904).

The telephone system here seems to be seperate to the 'phone system for the rest of the University. The extension number is 71XXXX, whereas admin, etc, is a 4 digit number. To contact an admin department from a room phone, you have to prefix the 4 digit number with 43 - which is also the geographic phone number normally used (01904 43XXXX). The 0190443 allocation is allocated to BT, as is the 0190471 allocation, but attempting the obvious and dialling 0190471XXXX returns number unobtainable.

The service is Dognbone, so if there's anyone who can help me I'd be much obliged .

Thanks, Chris Northwood.

It's a longer shot, but with these DDI arrangements the first digit is often changed:-
You might try dialling each of
0190471[b]0[/b]XXX
0190471[b]1[/b]XXX
0190471[b]2[/b]XXX
0190471[b]3[/b]XXX
0190471[b]4[/b]XXX
0190471[b]5[/b]XXX
0190471[b]6[/b]XXX
0190471[b]7[/b]XXX
0190471[b]8[/b]XXX
0190471[b]9[/b]XXX

dropping the first digit of the 4 digit Internal number XXXX.

You may have a few apologieds to make before finding the right one.

Hi,

Ive got a big problem with this one. York Uni is supplied by Dog'n'Bone, and the number in halls is 08707xxxxxx Can anyone tell me what the actual phone number would be if you wanted to call the room using the area code which is 01904

Any help is appreciated...

Thanx

codecracker, have you tried any of the prefixes I have suggested?

codecracker wrote on Jan 20^th, 2006 at 4:23pm:


You mean the numbers Dave gave you in October? Dog 'n' Bone is only a brand name used for the service. It isn't the name that the numbers will have been allocated under by Ofcom. If you are serious about finding the geo number, please try those numbers Dave suggested!

I don't know whether this extra info helps, but my own number at York is 08707585***, where the last two digits match the last two digits of my internal extension number.

It appears that the 0870758 part is constant, but different places have the next number changed.

I haven't tried everything yet, but  I know that 0190485(last 4 digits of my extension) is a valid number, just not mine.

elcondor wrote on Jan 26^th, 2006 at 10:02am:

How do you know? Who's is it? Is it anothers student's room phone?

jrawle wrote on Jan 26^th, 2006 at 5:43pm:

If 01904 85xxxx gets you through to another student phone, then I suggest that that may well be the prefix for all the halls rooms' phones. It's just that the last four digits of the geographical might not be the same as the extension. 

The Torch prefixes don't work either - again, they appear to be already used for some other telephony system.

Frankly, I don't think that NTL would be providing this service, but I could be wrong.