æt ðə tˈaɪm ʌvðə splˈɪt, ðɛɹwˌɜː fˈaɪv lˈoʊkəl ɛkstʃˈeɪndʒ kˈoʊdz ɐsˈaɪnd tə mˈɜːkjʊɹi kəmjˌuːnɪkˈeɪʃənz ænd nˈʌmbɚz ɪn ðiːz ɹˈeɪndʒᵻz kʊd biː ɐsˈaɪnd tʊ ˈiːðɚ kˈoʊd.
At the time of the split, there were five local exchange codes assigned to Mercury Communications and numbers in these ranges could be assigned to either code.