Gibraltar Telephones
antony...@talk21.com
international code does this raise some interesting side-effects?
a) Cost of a call from Spain to Gib will increase as it's now an
international call.
b) The number of telephone numbers available will go from the sublime
to the ridiculous, a place that is half the size of an average English
town gets the same number of numbers as as country with a population of
millions!
Jim Watt
>a) Cost of a call from Spain to Gib will increase as it's now an
>international call.
It is anyway.
>b) The number of telephone numbers available will go from the sublime
>to the ridiculous, a place that is half the size of an average English
>town gets the same number of numbers as as country with a population of
>millions!
Numbers are not the same as lines. With a five digit numbering plan
and certain prefix's not available for various reasons the current
plan is full, and there are not numbers available to allocate to a
second operator as required by the EU.
The UK increased its number space twice at great inconvenience
in order to allow for new services. Currently you have 166 numbers
per person, which in Gibraltar would suggest that a seven digit
number would be comparable.
The present digital exchange is the same as one in a medium sized
town in the UK as Gibraltar has a higher ratio of business to
residential traffic, and business use takes more resources than
domestic.
However at the end of the day, the issue is for the regulatory
authority to specify the number space and number plan which
will be needed for Gibraltar and its future expansion and not up
to the Spanish Government to restrict our development for a
political agenda.
Sopmething needs to happen soon as everyone in the new
developments, and particularly the Eastside will want access
to a telephone.
--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com
Ken
<antony...@talk21.com> wrote in message
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> So if you will be able to dial Gibraltar from Spain using the
> international code does this raise some interesting side-effects?
>
> a) Cost of a call from Spain to Gib will increase as it's now an
> international call.
It might, it might not. Some local calls are more expensive than some
international calls, it's up to the networks to determine the costs. Spain
can now determine that the cost of dialling 9567 (their version of a Gib
prefix) should be astronomical, but they don't.
>
> b) The number of telephone numbers available will go from the sublime
> to the ridiculous, a place that is half the size of an average English
> town gets the same number of numbers as as country with a population of
> millions!
So what? Just because they're there doesn't mean they HAVE to be used, but
if they're needed they can be used. Between us at home we have eight
numbers. You might think it excessive, others may not. We choose to have
them, it suits us, and so we have them. Why should we be curtailed in our
ability to have choice? Let Gib - or any other place - have as many numbers
as it needs or chooses to have. Technologically it's not an issue.
Ken
Luke Croll
wrote:
>On 23 Jul 2006 09:47:46 -0700, antony...@talk21.com wrote:
>
>>a) Cost of a call from Spain to Gib will increase as it's now an
>>international call.
>
>It is anyway.
It is, but those of us living in Spain are not charged an
international rate. It's just as though I'm dialling somewhere in
Cádiz from Málaga, and being charged accordingly.
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Jim Watt
wrote:
>On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:10:33 +0200, Jim Watt <jim...@aol.no_way>
>wrote:
>>On 23 Jul 2006 09:47:46 -0700, antony...@talk21.com wrote:
>>
>>>a) Cost of a call from Spain to Gib will increase as it's now an
>>>international call.
>>
>>It is anyway.
>
>It is, but those of us living in Spain are not charged an
>international rate. It's just as though I'm dialling somewhere in
>Cádiz from Málaga, and being charged accordingly.
My pal in Sotto says that telefonica now class it as an
international call and bill it different.
Luke Croll
wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:32:55 +0200, Luke Croll <Luke...@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:10:33 +0200, Jim Watt <jim...@aol.no_way>
>>wrote:
>>>On 23 Jul 2006 09:47:46 -0700, antony...@talk21.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>a) Cost of a call from Spain to Gib will increase as it's now an
>>>>international call.
>>>
>>>It is anyway.
>>
>>It is, but those of us living in Spain are not charged an
>>international rate. It's just as though I'm dialling somewhere in
>>Cádiz from Málaga, and being charged accordingly.
>
>My pal in Sotto says that telefonica now class it as an
>international call and bill it different.
Well, it's not happening here in Marbella! Weird. I'll have to ring
Gib again now and then see how it appears on the bill.
darius
Luke Croll wrote:
> Well, it's not happening here in Marbella! Weird. I'll have to ring
> Gib again now and then see how it appears on the bill.
Are you in the same 956 area that Spain deems Gibraltar to be in?
[Personally I wouldn't be surprised if they had to charge calls to Gib
(from within the 956 ares) higher than normal calls within the 956 area
for revenue reasons. Whereas for out of 956 to Gib they are probably
covered). But I don't know how the revenue share, or
handling/termination charging works between Gibtelecom and telefonica.
Ken
"darius" <Darius....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Oh they pay Gibtelecom nothing! As it is considered to be within Spain, as
evidenced by the non-existing international access code or prefix, there is
no foreign network involved, they deem. Gibtelecom completes the routing
gratis for calls originating in Spain.
Ken
Luke Croll
wrote:
>Luke Croll wrote:
>> Well, it's not happening here in Marbella! Weird. I'll have to ring
>> Gib again now and then see how it appears on the bill.
>
>Are you in the same 956 area that Spain deems Gibraltar to be in?
No, I'm in 952.