Oldest mobile number still in use in Ireland ?

Silvera

Just wondering what is the oldest mobile phone number still in use in Ireland ?

I recall that 088 (analogue) numbers were switched off many years ago, so presumably the oldest must be an 087 (digital) number ?!

(I have my 087 number since c.1995).

Sully

I had an 088

Pet

I think they started off with 087 5xxxx.. but there was a 2 placed in front of all the numbers then, so probaby 087 20xxxxx.

billy the squid

I had an 088 with 6 digits. it was the size of a cavety block and just about as heavy. my number began with a 6 i.e 088 6XXXXX then they added a 2 to it.

Binomate

I remember the old analogue service. Pitty it was shut down in favour of gsm and now cdma. The American networks are a mess I have been told. They're a mix of gsm and analogue.

Mimikyu

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The Sweeper

Lord... I had an 087.. even now, years later, if I start saying "087" in my head, the rest of my ancient mobile number follows.

Nightwish

I had an 088. I got it in 1999 just after my Junior Cert. It was a big brick like Motorola that had a terrible signal and a huge aerial. Still have the number...

Sparky

my dad had an 088 i think since 1993 or 4, and it was on eircell 088 662XXX
then eircell payed him to move to 087 so he had the same following digits 087 662XXX untill some time later a 2 had to be added infront of 6 to make it 087 2662XXX.

Im nearly sure my uncle had one of the first mobiles in the country, it was a long shaped motorola phone with id say a 6 inch rubber aerial on top.
It was like a 2 way radio really, sometimes you would be able to hear other people calls on it if they were driving by
Then my dad got the ancient motorola flip phone, yeah the one with the calculator one line display. it was so heavy you could use it as a weapon if someone tried to rob you.
It needed two batteries for a days useage

Badly Drunk Boy

I've never owned a mobile phone...

Badly Drunk Boy

But to remind people, the question was...

Just wondering what is the oldest mobile phone number still in use in Ireland ?

billy the squid

the 088s were cool. you get yourself a bearcat 200 channel scanner, tune it to 800MHz and you could hear all the calls

those days are gone now though:(

you would be surprised how many people used their 088s to call sex lines.

Sparky

its a question vodafone and/or the owner could answer, but the real answer is that its an 087 as 088 is defunked.

billy the squid

Sparky_S wrote:

its a question vodafone and/or the owner could answer, but the real answer is that its an 087 as 088 is defunked.

088 is the one that is defuncket. 087 is just the prefix for vodafone. they didnt bring in a prefix for vodafone 3G. my 3G is still 087.

is three Irealnd 084 or what is it?

Sparky

billy the squid wrote:

the 088s were cool. you get yourself a bearcat 200 channel scanner, tune it to 800MHz and you could hear all the calls

those days are gone now though:(

you would be surprised how many people used their 088s to call sex lines.

The cousin had one, with all the ready to go's flying around it was so much fun, once we heard a conversation between some people about a cow stuck in a ditch and how he had to get the bloddy tractor to get it out, you could hear the full conversation only that the person on the other end of the call was faint, you could hardly hear them. Where as the mobile caller was really loud

Sparky

billy the squid wrote:

088 is the one that is defuncket. 087 is just the prefix for vodafone. they didnt bring in a prefix for vodafone 3G. my 3G is still 087.

is three Irealnd 084 or what is it?

Yeah thats what i said

Sparky_S wrote:

its a question vodafone and/or the owner could answer, but the real answer is that its an 087 as 088 is defunked.

Dont know about 3 Ireland tbh

Silvera

To be more specfic ..........

When did you get your mobile number ?


Remember these babies .........

BuffyBot

is three Irealnd 084 or what is it?

083

robinph

Silvera wrote:

To be more specfic ..........

When did you get your mobile number ?


Remember these babies .........

Those handheld ones like that are just a bit too small for my liking, too easy to loose.

My dad had one, must have been in the '80s, that was so big it would only work in the car as there was a breifcase sized unit that it needed in the boot of the car, from well before mobiles could be reffered to as anything along the lines of handheld.

Basq

My mobile number is (088) 1.... so it's gotta be me! :rolleyes:

Funkstard

My dad had a 'mobile phone' in the 80's, it had to be carried around in a suitcase it was so big. Literally was a transportable phone

randomfella

Funkstard wrote:

My dad had a 'mobile phone' in the 80's, it had to be carried around in a suitcase it was so big. Literally was a transportable phone

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Nevyn

mine is an old one an 087 and it still says ericell .....

Civilian_Target

AFAIK (088)1 was the last round of 088's.

My Dad has a late 80's car phone (so named because it was about the size of a small car), and has had a phone ever since, he's gone 088 - 1XXXX to 088 - 61XXXX to 087 - 61XXXX to 087 - 261XXXX, if memory serves me correctly.

netwhizkid

He father had an 084 pager about 10yrs ago, i remember it was this really cool gadget, (for the time) My neigbour had a 088 carphone, that was so cool, and i couldn't wait to get my hands on one. My first phone was a nokia 5110 which arrived complments of Santa xmas 99, 80pence a minute calls took their toll on the old holy communion money though!

Sparky

Silvera wrote:

To be more specfic ..........

When did you get your mobile number ?


Remember these babies .........

thats the exact phone my uncle had, but in black

my first mobile was a siemens c10 087

Guy:Incognito

Silvera wrote:

To be more specfic ..........

When did you get your mobile number ?


Remember these babies .........

Aaah the old Zack Morris special, what a phone.

Cungi

Thaedydal wrote:

mine is an old one an 087 and it still says ericell .....

Me too!:D

AARRRGH

My first mobile was 087 2222224

Why didn't I keep that number!!!

scuba steve

Solitaryman666 wrote:

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Thats the one i had. Still have it in my room somewhere

Our man in Havana

Has the 088 network closed down?

Sparky

Bond-007 wrote:

Has the 088 network closed down?

id assume it has

faceman

basquille wrote:

My mobile number is (088) 1.... so it's gotta be me! :rolleyes:

Sorry dude, im just 088 so i beat u.

Has anyone got 666 in their phone number? Go on, someone must have? And do tell a spooky story if u do!

vector

Bond-007 wrote:

Has the 088 network closed down?

yes, 088 was eircell (analog)
it closed around 2001 and existing subscribers were moved to 087
eircell (gsm)

Mossy Monk

Sparky_S wrote:

my first mobile was a siemens c10 087

what a piece of crap that phone was
incidentally it was my first mobile too, also 087

Rhyme

dublindude wrote:

My first mobile was 087 2222224

*Calls Number*

I started off with a delightful 085 when Meteor had zero coverage outside Dublin, me in Balbriggan had to smack it around to build up signal.

ballooba

faceman wrote:

Sorry dude, im just 088 so i beat u.

Has anyone got 666 in their phone number? Go on, someone must have? And do tell a spooky story if u do!

My mam and my sister both do. They have the same number except the last two digits. Both phones are regularly used to tear people new arseholes (figuratively speaking) so I suppose it is quite apt.

Sparky

Mossy Monk wrote:

what a piece of crap that phone was
incidentally it was my first mobile too, also 087

It was back in the day, when i was wondering what this text messageing thing was, i remember it was menu item no 2
and then i droped it and the screen broke a 2 yrs later, then i got a 3210, which my sis lost.

Guy:Incognito

faceman wrote:

Sorry dude, im just 088 so i beat u.

Has anyone got 666 in their phone number? Go on, someone must have? And do tell a spooky story if u do!

I do. I had 4 sims in a sequence at one stage. My ex, her dad, me and my dad had the four numbers. Mine is the only one still used, they all had 666 in them. We broke up, stupide phone number, havnt held down a relationship since, dammit im cursed.

hullaballoo

My dad's number is 087 256XXXX which is the earliest so far in this thread.

He's had that number since mid-1990's (at one stage it was 088).

SprostonGreen

I've had the same 087 for the last five years it still says EIRCELL on the display. Is this what the threads it about,? sorry I couldnt be f'ucked reading the replies.

Sparky

no its about who has the oldest mobile number

Idea:

Civilian_Target wrote:

AFAIK (088)1 was the last round of 088's.

My Dad has a late 80's car phone (so named because it was about the size of a small car), and has had a phone ever since, he's gone 088 - 1XXXX to 088 - 61XXXX to 087 - 61XXXX to 087 - 261XXXX, if memory serves me correctly.

Pet

My dad's number is 087 256XXXX which is the earliest so far in this thread.

He's had that number since mid-1990's (at one stage it was 088).

My dad's is 087 251xxxx, so there!

Sparky

Pet wrote:

My dad's is 087 251xxxx, so there!

oh i see where this is going then

AARRRGH

SprostonGreen wrote:

I've had the same 087 for the last five years it still says EIRCELL on the display.

That's the sim telling you that.

jesus_thats_gre

Would be impossible to determine without direct access to Vodafone's billing system as alot of numbers have been re-cycled and re-issued.

jrey1981

I used to have an 087 2282xxx no. which was easy to remember...I called it the other day to see if someone else has it now...it rang...so I guess it got re-issued

stormkeeper

faceman wrote:

Sorry dude, im just 088 so i beat u.

Has anyone got 666 in their phone number? Go on, someone must have? And do tell a spooky story if u do!

I had a 666 number, the sim kind of went out of use, seeing as the 3210 it was attached to ended up going byebye because of the fact it got caught in the rain

dundalk cailin

those 'early' 088 phones, lookin back, were huge!! i got my 087 sim card in 2000 (still have same num) so im WAY ahead of the 088 generation. my first phone was a motorla, a green one. my friend has had the phone before the 3310, cant remember what u call it, 3210? it had snake 1 on it, she swears its the best phone ever, she has it bout 5 yrs now

i have my sim 5yrs and vodafone updated my card so it changed from ericell to vodafone IE

Nuttzz

got my first phone on 088 in 96 still have the number albeit converted to 087



99 punts for it too....

Rovi

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

Would be impossible to determine without direct access to Vodafone's billing system as alot of numbers have been re-cycled and re-issued.

I also seem to remember being able to pick a number from a big list issued to the shop, but that may have early been in the 087 'GSM' era. We certainly did it when buying my mother her first mobile; got her a nice easy to remember number

My current (and only ever) number started off as 088-52****, sometime back in the mid '90s. Since changed to 087-252**** of course.

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