Is it usual procedure to need to have a new phone number when moving from one Wellington suburb to another (approx 5Km as the crow flies)? It's not a major problem, it just means we've got to find a few people who contact us infrequently and tell them the new number. I'm just interested as to why this is still necessary given that everything is computer-controlled these days.
The more annoying thing is that we had a nice number with sequential digits. :)
They also reckon they don't have a record of a "recent" telecom phone line to the house so there's a $63 charge for someone to go and have a butcher's - what constitutes "recent"?