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AAarararrararrrggh!!!

WHO exactly is raking it in as o2's "creative marketing" team?
Is there no limit to their complete and utter stupidity...

Why am I ranting? OK, let me calm down for a second....

... First off, they start advertising the fact that you can pick two area codes to have a special deal with - and illustrate it with "0207" and "0208". I hate this constant perpetuation of the myth that London has two area codes, when London has ONE - 020. It's like saying that a Manchester number, such as (0161) 950 2727 should be written (01619) 502 727, or that a Derby Number, such as (01332) 290 290 should be written (013322) 90290.

Why can't they (and many others) get it into their thick heads that BT and the phone industry introduced 020 to get London back into a single-area-code mode after the complaints that 0171 and 0181 brought along, and also to free-up that extra digit to be 6, 5, or 4 when the 7s and 8s run out.

SECONDLY -- o2 claim in their latest advert, "13 square centimetres may not seem like much"... However the on-screen caption reads "13 cm2" - hang on - 13 centimetres squared? - fffing hell, that's one big mother of a mobile. Obviously they just wanted to have a superscript 2 in there to match their subscript 2 in the logo. But it must make life difficult for Maths teachers trying to correct kid's homework when the kids argue that "you're wrong, Sir, I saw it on the TV. Square centimeters and centimeters squared ARE the same thing!"

Does ANYBODY in the media proof-read anything before going to print and screen anymore?

Isn't it a rip-off thing. By pretending that London still has two codes, those mobile tariffs that discriminate by STD code get to generate revenue by calls that subscribers may suppose are free-on-tariff.

This was always a mobile con device. Even when London had two codes 071 and 081, both were always within the same charge-group for landline purposes, at least on BT. But the likes of Vodafone MetroDigital treated it much differently.

They gave Coventry's code as 02401 when eveyone knows it's 024, and the majority of numbers start 76.

Yes - its cras.

These 02x codes maay potentially cover whole regions, so there getting you ready for saying that for charging purposes the boundaries will be more akin to the old STD codes.

Although Coventry is mainly 024 76xxxxxx at the moment, in the future the lead digits of the 8-digit number could become almost anything. So, they've gone and invented 02401 specifically to confuse you and to constrain you.

Yes - its cras.

These 02x codes may potentially cover whole regions, so they're getting you ready for saying that for charging purposes the boundaries will be more akin to the old STD codes.

Although Coventry is mainly 024 76xxxxxx at the moment, in the future the lead digits of the 8-digit number could become almost anything. So, they've gone and invented 02401 specifically to confuse you and to constrain you. 02401 is a logical charge-group, with digits unrelated to the dial code.

If the squared (2) was superscript, then it was correct. 1cm2 (superscript), means an area equal to 1cmx1cm, so 13cm2 has an area of 13cmx1cm, making it a very small phone.

Coventry is just 024 at the minute. Problem is some people do still write it as (02476) xxx xxx when it's really (024) xxxx xxxx - existing numbers just began 76.

Is there an echo in this thread?

There are no area codes - oh no. They all just start 0 ....

At least they couldn't c**k up Liverpool without trying really hard. It's (0151) xxx xxxx. The numbers don't start with any specific number, so they can't do it.

aww I thought this was going to be about the supply of Dom Jolly style props

Lets talk about tv though, yeah?