We had in the "olden days"
10 - Operator
114 - International Operator
190 - Directory Information
191 - Speaking Clock
192 - Repair Service
193 - Varied by region (Telecom service e.g. accounts)
194 - WeatherDial
195 - Varied by region (Telecom service e.g. accounts)
196 - Telemessage
197 - Varied by region (Telecom service e.g. accounts)
198 - Varied by region(Telecom service e.g. a repair centre)
999 - Emergency Services
We now have:
Operator Services (Eircom lines only, not available on payphones or mobiles)
10 : National Operator
114 : International Operator
196 : Telemessage (they print a card and send it to someone by courier, they also do flowers, teddys, etc. It used to be a telegramme service pre digital days)
Directory Information:
11811 - eircom
11850 - conduit
11890 - "The 11890 Company!"
(Other companies seem to have all died off! there were loads for a while)
Customer Helpdesks (Free from any line)
1901 - eircom
1902 - TalkTalk
1903 - unassigned
1904 - BT Ireland
1905 - Meteor / eircom mobile
1906 - Swiftcall
1907 - Vodafone Mobile
1908 - Unassigned
1909 - O2 Mobile
Mobile prefixes: (New mobile numbers are assigned in these, however, most people already have a mobile number penitration is over 100%, so they carry it from network to network as they shop around)
083 - "3 Ireland" (3G only)
085 - "Meteor / eircom mobile" (GSM/3G)
086 - 02 Ireland (GSM/3G)
087 - Vodafone Ireland (GSM/3G)
088 - Digiweb (4G WDMDS only - due to launch in 2008)
089 - Tesco Ireland Mobile (Virtual Operator)
Last edited by djk; 04/20/07 01:07 PM.
