I hope this doesn’t mean BT are doing away with the whole concept of local area codes under VoIP?
I find area codes extremely useful for at least two Further purposes, not just lazy dialling’.
1) I may be able commit a 6 digit number to memory for a short time. For example, I see an advert that interests me in the village newsletter I can memorise the number, put down the paper, then pick up the phone and dial the number. For longer numbers I’d need to refer back to the paper half way through dialling.
2) When I search to find a local tradesman, I generally favour one that lists a landline number with an area code that supports his claim to be ‘local’.
Interesting also that they seem to be referring to it all as a huge network switch to ‘digital’. Local lines excepted, hasn’t the UK PSTN been almost entirely digital for several decades, since rollout of System X from 70s and early 80s?