Migration code frustration

Trying to arrange a migration from Talk-Talk, who sent a nice letter with
the migration code. Unfortunately it is written in a font which does not
distinguish the figure Zero from the upper case letter O.

Is there any organisation which sets a standard for such codes? Could they
insist that the 0/O and 1/I confusion cannot occur, perhaps by excluding
the characters O 0 I 1 from migration codes?

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Graham J

In article <4e11f1f6$0$2482$(E-Mail Removed)>, Graham J
<graham@invalid.?> writes
>Trying to arrange a migration from Talk-Talk, who sent a nice letter with
>the migration code. Unfortunately it is written in a font which does not
>distinguish the figure Zero from the upper case letter O.
>
>Is there any organisation which sets a standard for such codes? Could they
>insist that the 0/O and 1/I confusion cannot occur, perhaps by excluding
>the characters O 0 I 1 from migration codes?
>

Courtesy of Ofcom:

"The MAC – which is valid for a period of 30 days – consists of four
letters beginning with L followed by between seven and nine numbers, a
slash, and five alphanumeric characters (e.g. LAEM1234567/1F6HT)."
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fred
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On 04/07/2011 19:38, fred wrote:

> Courtesy of Ofcom:
>
> "The MAC – which is valid for a period of 30 days – consists of four
> letters beginning with L followed by between seven and nine numbers, a
> slash, and five alphanumeric characters (e.g. LAEM1234567/1F6HT)."

I think if there's an 0, it's always Zero, and a 1 is always the number
One ?

Mind you, you can't win, I wrote down a mobile phone PAC code for a girl
in a phone shop. I'd put a line through a zero to emphasize it was the
digit zero. You can guess what happened next, the girl ignored it,
thinking I had scribbled it out !

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Mark
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"Mark Carver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 04/07/2011 19:38, fred wrote:
>
>> Courtesy of Ofcom:
>>
>> "The MAC - which is valid for a period of 30 days - consists of four
>> letters beginning with L followed by between seven and nine numbers, a
>> slash, and five alphanumeric characters (e.g. LAEM1234567/1F6HT)."
>
> I think if there's an 0, it's always Zero, and a 1 is always the number
> One ?
>
> Mind you, you can't win, I wrote down a mobile phone PAC code for a girl
> in a phone shop. I'd put a line through a zero to emphasize it was the
> digit zero. You can guess what happened next, the girl ignored it,
> thinking I had scribbled it out !

My current issue is where even Talk-Talk themselves cannot distinguish
between cap O and zero !!

First they say: LYEA0361078/JG300
Then: LYEA0361078/JG30O
Then: LYEA0361078/JG3O0

By the time this gets to your newsreader I bet you won't be able to tell the
difference either.

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Graham J

In article <4e1330d7$0$2535$(E-Mail Removed)>, Graham J
<graham@invalid.?> writes
>
>"Mark Carver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On 04/07/2011 19:38, fred wrote:
>>
>>> Courtesy of Ofcom:
>>>
>>> "The MAC - which is valid for a period of 30 days - consists of four
>>> letters beginning with L followed by between seven and nine numbers, a
>>> slash, and five alphanumeric characters (e.g. LAEM1234567/1F6HT)."
>>
>> I think if there's an 0, it's always Zero, and a 1 is always the number
>> One ?
>>
>> Mind you, you can't win, I wrote down a mobile phone PAC code for a girl
>> in a phone shop. I'd put a line through a zero to emphasize it was the
>> digit zero. You can guess what happened next, the girl ignored it,
>> thinking I had scribbled it out !
>
>My current issue is where even Talk-Talk themselves cannot distinguish
>between cap O and zero !!
>
>First they say: LYEA0361078/JG300
>Then: LYEA0361078/JG30O
>Then: LYEA0361078/JG3O0
>
>By the time this gets to your newsreader I bet you won't be able to tell the
>difference either.
>
Ah, I was hoping it would have been in one of the unambiguous fields. I
think the last group is the checksum area so it could be any combo of
letters and digits.
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fred
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