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 01642 number changes in the Middlesbrough / Stockton area , October 2014


Why have we run out of numbers ?
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01642 is the area code for Middlesbrough, as well as Eaglescliffe, Eston Grange, Great Ayton, Hartburn, Haverton Hill, Hutton Rudby, Ingleby Barwick, Linthorpe, Marton in Cleveland, Norton, Redcar, Seal Sands, Stainton, Stockton-on-Tees, Stokesley and Wainstones.

From 1st October 2014, it will be necessary to always include the 01642 area code when dialling 01642 numbers, even if calling locally.

Until the end of September 2014 the area code remains optional when dialling between landline phones in the area; calls may be made locally using just the six-digit local number.

For example, callers could reach Stockton Council by dialling 393939 prior to the change, if they were calling from an 01642 landline phone. Now they must dial 01642 393939, just as callers from mobile phones or outside the area always had to.

Why have we run out of numbers ? [read more ...]

Reason for the change

The 01642 area code is heavily used, with very limited supplies of numbers available for new customers. Previously, extra capacity would be created by lengthening local phone numbers - such as by moving from six digits to seven and giving a corresponding ten-fold increase in capacity.

In Middlesbrough / Stockton, regulator Ofcom is trying a different strategy, requiring individuals to use the code for dialling local numbers to allow previously unusable local phone numbers beginning with 0 or 1 to be used.

By not carrying out a full renumbering, there is less upheaval for consumers as numbers do not actually change. However it also releases a much smaller quantity of new numbers and removes the ability to dial local numbers without the code.

Phone numbers stay the same
Only the ability to dial between 01642 area phones without the code is being removed - the full national phone numbers in use by residents and businesses stay the same. Long-distance calls to and from Middlesbrough/Stockton remain unchanged, as do calls to and from mobile phones.

Further changes in the future
This change only releases a small pool of additional numbers, which is expected to last between 5 and 10 years.

After these numbers are used up, it is likely the area will be given a second batch of numbers beginning with a different area code. This means some numbers will begin with the traditional 01642, while others may begin with completely different digits. This situation does not exist anywhere else in the UK as yet, although it is common in other countries. For example, telephone numbers in central New York can begin with any of three area codes: 212, 646 and 917.

Due to the change, it is now advisable to always quote 01642 numbers in full - '01642 393939' and not 'Stockton 393939', for example. This will remind people that the full number must be dialled, while also minimising any future confusion should numbers starting with a code other than 01642 come into use in the future.

The Stockton / Middlesbrough area is not the only area that is affected  .  Places like Aberdeen ,Brighton , Bradford and Milton Keynes are all experiencing these changes on October 1st 2014 .  It is already been compulsory in Bournemouth since 2012


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