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on 25-06-2024 09:14 AM
I have been having issues with calling landlines. I can usually hear the person on the other end but they can't hear me. This issue is only a calls to landlines problem as calling mobiles is always fine.
This was happening on my previous sim and phone and I expected an upgrade to resolve the issue with a new sim card and new number, unfortunately the problem still occurs.
I've called Three and they're unsure of the issue.
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on 09-01-2025 03:34 PM
Hi Maxine,
No I've not been back onto the agents, I've been in touch with agents and the store numerous times and they all went through the same checks, WiFi calling, change sim card, try different phone, etc etc, all to no avail, they all said they had no other complaints about it and it was just me, then the last one quite a few months ago said three was doing work in the area and refunded me a month's payment saying would be fixed soon. Nobody at three is acknowledging a problem, but, if you go to this forum and other forums, it's people all over the country and with different handsets, all the same, landlines only cannot make calls.
I just cannot wait for another couple of weeks when I can change to another provider who supports calling to landlines.
But thank you for your response
Monday
Hi ☺️
I also am having the exact same issue as yourself!
Did you manage to resolve it please? And if so, how?
Thankyou!
Tara
Tuesday
No, three refuse to believe there is a problem, whenever contacting customer service they just keep saying that nobody has ever raised this issue!!
Wednesday
Hi 👋
So I have reset my network settings at it seems to have helped for now...
We shall see if it has fixed the issue!
on 07-01-2025 11:33 AM
Yes, same problem here. Three support was very unhelpful and kept insisting that I contact the manufacturer of my phone (Samsung S23) for support.
This is very likely a problem with Three which is related to how calls are routed from their mobile network to landlines. After it being almost impossible to speak to a landline number from my phone on Three, I borrowed another phone with a Vodafone SIM card and called the same number, and I had no problems. Also, I've called landlines from abroad using my phone while roaming on a foreign network, and I had no problems.
Calls to mobile numbers are unaffected.
Three needs to solve this problem on their network, although I doubt it will be solved until after the merge with Vodafone.
on 08-01-2025 03:05 PM
Hey,
We've sent you a PM about this.
To view your private messages on the community, click on your avatar image in the top right of any community page, then "Messages".
Maxine
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on 08-01-2025 04:24 PM
Maxine, what about everyone else that has this problem? Nearly 2 years I've been unable to call landlines, cannot wait to leave three next month and join a company that I will get what I pay for.
on 09-01-2025 01:44 PM
Hey @Tracy444,
It looks like Kate messaged you to get in touch with our agents about this. Did you manage to do this?
Maxine
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on 09-01-2025 03:34 PM
Hi Maxine,
No I've not been back onto the agents, I've been in touch with agents and the store numerous times and they all went through the same checks, WiFi calling, change sim card, try different phone, etc etc, all to no avail, they all said they had no other complaints about it and it was just me, then the last one quite a few months ago said three was doing work in the area and refunded me a month's payment saying would be fixed soon. Nobody at three is acknowledging a problem, but, if you go to this forum and other forums, it's people all over the country and with different handsets, all the same, landlines only cannot make calls.
I just cannot wait for another couple of weeks when I can change to another provider who supports calling to landlines.
But thank you for your response
on 10-01-2025 05:27 PM
Hello.
It's understandably frustrating, and I'm unsure what would be causing that to happen. Ultimately the Support Team are there to try and resolve these kinds of issues, it's a shame there hasn't been success in that.
It doesn't seem like a wide spread issue though. While there's some people on this forum having an issue, it doesn't seem like the exact same issue for each one, so there's no way of know what is causing each issue. Taking into account that there are 10 million users out there in the UK using their phones to call all sorts of numbers, including land lines, this issue seems fairly isolated.
The team will still do their best to resolve it for you of course, and all I can recommend is that you keep in touch with the team to try and get it resolved during the weeks you have left with Three.
Pete.
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