Re: CHAT: postcodes

Hello,

> > Mobile phone numbers being with 04
>
> I wonder how common that is?  Cell phones here just have numbers like
> any other phone.  So, you can't tell from a number if it's a cell or a
> regular phone number.  There might be exchanges reserved for
> cells, I'm not sure.
Well, here the cell phones can have direct numbers with the exchange
code of the city of issue (so my dad's cell has a Moscow phone number),
but at least in Moscow that is too expensive now, becaase there are too
many (095)-numbers already. Most cells now have separate exchanges so
you can call them toll-free from anywhere without ringing up the city
long distance first. Mine is (910), so to phone me from outside Russia,
you'll simply have to dial +7 910 and the number.

Anyway re Postcodes, here the postcode refers to the post office where
the mailperson comes from to deliver your post. These usually cover
substantial areas, and I can't figure what the division principle is.
Thus, mine is 129626, and they stamp all letters PO I-626, so I presume
626 is the code of a subdivision of some sort, and 129 a code for a
hierarchically higher area. However, another post office that's around
here is 121092, not 129 whatever. And the areas covered by PO's are
quite large, so to get something to me you'll have to write out the
whole address, viz.: Pavel Iosad, apt. 113, 110, prospect Mira, Moscow
129626, Russia.

Pavel
--
Pavel Iosad               pavel_iosad@mail.ru

Is mall a mharcaicheas am fear a bheachdaicheas
                 --Scottish proverb