Posts by Ben Hambidge

Only?!!

"at a cost of only ten pence per message"

how on earth ahve we got to the stage where as knowledgeable a media outlet as El Reg thinks that 10p for an SMS is cheap?

This is an outrageous price!

@joe

Oh don't be silly Joe. (Almost) everyone reads road numbers this way.

A404 = 'A four-oh-four', never 'A four hundred and four' or 'A four zero four'.

There's no confusion, and there's a pretty clearly defined set of linguistic rules to how road numbers are said, clearly and efficiently.

For example, two digit road numbers are said in full:

A23 = 'A twenty three'

exact hundreds and thousands are said in full:

B4000 = 'B four thousand'

A600 = 'A six hundred'

Almost all other numbers are read out digit-by-digit, using 'oh' for zero.

And don't tell me you never say 'oh' when reading digit 0 in a phone number!

We still use DOS

Seriously.... if it ain't broke...

Any contact details?

I spent 15 mins on hold on their expensive 0870 number this mornng to ask them what is happening with this.

Does anyone have any other contact details - e.g. an email address - to get onto the list?