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> A few days ago someone phoned me. It was a wrong number but theyd
> dialled a geographic number rather than an 0870 one.
>
> I tried dialing the number they gave and it connected to a Bank. I
> assumed theyd had finger trouble as the last 4 digits of the number
> they gave me almost matched my number. So I tried dialling a few
> numbers near the one theyd tried and didnt manage to dial myself.
> (By near I mean if you meant to type 1 you might have hit 2,4 or 5
> and so on..)
....
> If I was to try a bit of war dialling are there any numbers I can
> ignore. I know about 999, 112, 123 but wondered if there are ranges of
> numbers, after the area code, I can ignore.

>In article ,
> pjlusenet@yahoo.co.uk writes:

>> If I was to try a bit of war dialling are there any numbers I can
>> ignore. I know about 999, 112, 123 but wondered if there are ranges of
>> numbers, after the area code, I can ignore.
>
>Yes, Ofcom publish the ranges which are allocated. See
>http://www.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/ioi/numbers/numbers administered
>
>E.g. For my own area, 01926 if the whole range 01926 000000 to 01926
>999999 were allocated that would be a million numbers. The Ofcom data
>shows the 54 complete ranges of 10,000 numbers and 34 ranges of 1,000
>numbers which have actually been allocated in 01926. I.e. there are only
>574,000 potentially valid numbers in 01926, the unallocated 426,000 can
>all be ignored.
>
>Note that although local numbers starting 0 or 1 wont be dialable
>without the code, some ranges are allocated. They can only be used
>in full national form. E.g. in 01926 the range 10xxxx is allocated.

>>> If I was to try a bit of war dialling are there any numbers I can
>>> ignore. I know about 999, 112, 123 but wondered if there are ranges of
>>> numbers, after the area code, I can ignore.
>>
>>Yes, Ofcom publish the ranges which are allocated. See
>>http://www.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/ioi/numbers/numbers administered
>>
>>E.g. For my own area, 01926 if the whole range 01926 000000 to 01926
>>999999 were allocated that would be a million numbers. The Ofcom data
>>shows the 54 complete ranges of 10,000 numbers and 34 ranges of 1,000
>>numbers which have actually been allocated in 01926. I.e. there are only
>>574,000 potentially valid numbers in 01926, the unallocated 426,000 can
>>all be ignored.
>>
>>Note that although local numbers starting 0 or 1 wont be dialable
>>without the code, some ranges are allocated. They can only be used
>>in full national form. E.g. in 01926 the range 10xxxx is allocated.
>
> Thanks for that. Its just the sort of info. I was after.
> Ive got 1000 numbers to try and should be able to ignore a fair few
> of them now. (or at least try them last)

>

>
>
>>>> If I was to try a bit of war dialling are there any numbers I can
>>>> ignore. I know about 999, 112, 123 but wondered if there are ranges of
>>>> numbers, after the area code, I can ignore.
>>>
>>>Yes, Ofcom publish the ranges which are allocated. See
>>>http://www.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/ioi/numbers/numbers administered
>>>
>>>E.g. For my own area, 01926 if the whole range 01926 000000 to 01926
>>>999999 were allocated that would be a million numbers. The Ofcom data
>>>shows the 54 complete ranges of 10,000 numbers and 34 ranges of 1,000
>>>numbers which have actually been allocated in 01926. I.e. there are only
>>>574,000 potentially valid numbers in 01926, the unallocated 426,000 can
>>>all be ignored.
>>>
>>>Note that although local numbers starting 0 or 1 wont be dialable
>>>without the code, some ranges are allocated. They can only be used
>>>in full national form. E.g. in 01926 the range 10xxxx is allocated.
>>
>> Thanks for that. Its just the sort of info. I was after.
>> Ive got 1000 numbers to try and should be able to ignore a fair few
>> of them now. (or at least try them last)
>
>
> www.saynoto0870.com any use to you ?
>>
>
>
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