Questions for our UK HPphiles

[Amy Z]

GulPlum explained:

> Furthermore, there are special "area" codes which are for special 
systems 
> and are area-independent. Examples:
> 076 (plus seven digits): pagers
> 077*(*), 078*(*), 079*(*) (plus six digits) cell phones

We need that here (this is a US American on the line).  One cause of 
the explosion of area codes in the US in the last several years is 
the proliferation of pagers, cell phones, and fax machines, so that 
areas have simply exceeded the ~ten million numbers that an area code 
can accommodate (in the US all numbers are 7 digits plus three-digit 
area code).  I've often wondered why we don't assign all cell phones 
in an area a "cell phone" area code, fax machines a "fax" area code, 
etc.  Maybe some places do.

Amy Z
sentimentally and irrationally attached to her childhood area code 
and happy it hasn't changed, and wondering what happens when the 
country runs out of area codes