Oldest mobile number still in use in Ireland ?

Silvera · 06-11-2005 01:50AM #1

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 · 06-11-2005 02:00AM

I had an 088

Pet · 06-11-2005 02:15AM

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 · 06-11-2005 02:28AM

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 · 06-11-2005 02:49AM

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 · 06-11-2005 03:14AM

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The Sweeper · 06-11-2005 03:26AM

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 · 06-11-2005 03:26AM

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 · 06-11-2005 04:07AM

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 · 06-11-2005 05:35AM

I've never owned a mobile phone...

Badly Drunk Boy · 06-11-2005 05:40AM

But to remind people, the question was...

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

billy the squid · 06-11-2005 05:44AM

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 · 06-11-2005 05:48AM

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 · 06-11-2005 05:50AM

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 · 06-11-2005 05:51AM

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 · 06-11-2005 05:53AM

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 · 06-11-2005 12:03PM

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

When did you get your mobile number ?

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

BuffyBot · 06-11-2005 12:15PM

is three Irealnd 084 or what is it?

083

robinph · 06-11-2005 12:24PM

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 · 06-11-2005 12:35PM

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

Funkstard · 06-11-2005 01:10PM

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 · 06-11-2005 01:23PM

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 · 06-11-2005 01:26PM

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

Civilian_Target · 06-11-2005 01:27PM

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 · 06-11-2005 02:42PM

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 · 06-11-2005 02:59PM

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 · 06-11-2005 03:41PM

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 · 06-11-2005 04:25PM

Thaedydal wrote:

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

Me too!:D

AARRRGH · 06-11-2005 04:26PM

My first mobile was 087 2222224

Why didn't I keep that number!!!

scuba steve · 06-11-2005 05:27PM

Solitaryman666 wrote:

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

Our man in Havana · 06-11-2005 05:57PM

Has the 088 network closed down?

Oldest mobile number still in use in Ireland ?

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