Ok then, how does my own telephone number

[zeitghost]

end up on 1471?

This happened yesterday...

While I was out.

[xoggoth]

Cos you are a senile old git who phones your own number by mistake. Was it engaged or did you get to talk to yourself?

PS You should use ringback next time and see what happens.

[dang65]

I believe this sometimes happens when they're adding or removing the listening device in the telephone exchange.

[cailin maith]

end up on 1471?

This happened yesterday...

While I was out.

[Diver]

end up on 1471?

This happened yesterday...

While I was out.

You are Wilmslow and I claim my free Banjo

[derekthedalek]

Come on Mr zeitghost. You should know this. Think.

[cailin maith]

I tried dialling the number but it gives the engaged tone... which deepens the mystery a little.
It is NTL Hell, so anything is possible.

Probably the s playing around again.

Thats cos you are already on the line....

[voodooflux]

Do you have the 1571 voicemail service from BT Zeity? If so, it can call you if someone has left a voice message while the line was busy. That call appears to arrive via your own number according to caller-id, so it may also register as the last number received when you dial 1471. Although you'd think that the 1471 system would be clever enough to filter it out...

EDIT: forget all that - just noticed you're on NTL.

[NickFitz]

I tried dialling the number but it gives the engaged tone... which deepens the mystery a little.

It is NTL Hell, so anything is possible.

Probably the s playing around again.

Yes, but 1471 will still give you the last number that called, whether it got the engaged tone or not. In this case, it's yours.

Was the cat trying to mess with your head out of revenge for the trip to the vet's, maybe?

[Advocate]

I believe this sometimes happens when they're adding the listening device in the telephone exchange.

They never remove them....