Strange number

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 23, 2007 Posts: 1

Hey,

I had a missed call today and the number was 0123456789, redialled it and the phone said the number was not valid. I am very intrigued
to where the call came from and why it could not be called back!
Any ideas?

Posts: 120 · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:47 am Post subject: Stange number....

Well 01234 is actually a dialing code for a town in Buckinghamshire I Think ,as a friend of mine had it with Vonage, but they lived in Yorkshire and liked the look of it (hence you being able to have any area code u like!)
It could be just a glitch in the caller ID system or even your device, or it may have been a sales call where their system makes up a spoof ID so that you can't call them back. Until it gets constant I would'nt worry about it too much. Apparently looking at the
American Vonage forum their Caller ID is grim, its so poor, so lucky us!

Posts: 328 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Dec 13, 2005 Posts: 328

From what I have seen - Skype Out calls to PSTN numbers (and Vonage looks like a PSTN call to Skype since it connects that way) show up with that Caller ID. If the caller does not have Skype In, you can't call back anyway - so there is not all that much use for the number. Voice mail is the best option in that case - get a message and call back from the message that is left (if they were looking for you to start with).

Posts: 67 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 67

01234 is a BEDFORD (predominantly) area code

although 01234 888888 would correctly be Turvey (01234) 888888

as the exchange retained it's identity rather than being renamed Bedford.

Oftel records show that numbers starting 01234 56xxxx are allocated to Net Solutions Europe Limited. Note that due to number portability if an individual number has moved to a different operator this information is not publically available. Oftel's last recorded change for this number range was in November 2005.

A table of the code allocations for other numbers starting 01234 is available

01234 567890 may be on one of the following exchanges in this area:

Bedford 01234
Colmworth (Beds) 01234 37xxxx
Haynes (Beds) 01234 38xxxx
North Crawley 01234 39xxxx
Oakley (Beds) 01234 82xxxx
Turvey (Beds) 01234 88xxxx

Posts: 71 · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject:

They could be telemarketers, watch out for them.. Cool