drwood wrote on Apr 12
th, 2006 at 10:19am:
I may have misunderstood the purpose of the forum but I simply supplied a number (0870 041 0163) in my original post for which I was looking for an equivalent 01 number.
I must point out that members of this forum do not have lists of 0870 numbers with their equivalent geographical numbers. It is pure detective work on our part, mainly from the internet. The information is therefore freely available to anyone.
The steps outlined in the instructions are the same steps anyone would take, including myself. Thus, when someone gives a non-geographical number (and a company name, maybe) they are apparantly expecting forum members to fill in some, basic, missing pieces. Some basic information types have been listed by trevord, above.
The purpose of the forums is to find alternative numbers by pooling members' knowledge and findings, including yourself, the requestor. If the requestor has some information (such as an address) and doesn't post it, other members will have to find that information. So for members to spend some of their time to help someone find a number, it is befitting that the requestor helps as much as he/she can.