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Full release and implementation details at http://newsweaver.co.uk/phonepayplus/index000336868.cfm

In the FAQ to the PhonepayPlus website it defines the number ranges starting with 00 and then sews confusion by not differentiating between 087(0) and the others:

087
087 numbers cost up to 10p per minute from a landline (fixed line phone) but if you call from your mobile call costs will vary depending on your mobile network and you may be charged more.
0871 numbers
0871 numbers are used to provide intelligent call-routing and other services, and allow the organisation you're contacting to receive a share of the call charge.
Therefore, calls to these numbers are likely to be more expensive than the cost of calling geographic numbers.
Calls to 0871 numbers cost up to 10p per minute from landlines but will vary depending on your phone company or if using a mobile.

Dave wrote on Aug 21^st, 2009 at 9:22pm:

Two good pieces (assuming that one is content that this industry is self-regulating through PhonePay Plus).

It is odd that Richard Desmond has opted out of the club. I have always commented that all users of revenue sharing and premium rate numbers might have some difficulty in recognising that they are part of a self-regulating industry that is led by the promoters of Sexual Entertainment Services (as Ofcom classes this major group of providers of PRS). Mr Desmond would have no such difficulty.