Is it legal to block a phone number?

Blaster99 · 07-02-2007 1:08am #1

I'm trying to access call13434's geo-number (01-6850850) from a Three phone and I get a message about it not being in use or something. It works from Vodafone. It works from an eircom phone line. I wouldn't be surprised if Three is blocking the number as it obviously allows me to bypass their ridiculous international call rates. Is there any point in contacting ComReg about this?

Snaga · 07-02-2007 10:22am

Ring up Three and report it as a fault (letting them know that it works from Vodafone, O2, your landline etc..

Get a ticket number and wait for their response.

gordonnet · 07-02-2007 11:28am

Telling them you are thinking of switching to vodafone because of the restriction, this will probably get their attention:cool:

Urban Weigl · 07-02-2007 11:40am

It may just be a legitimate fault. Either way, I second Snaga's advice.

Solair · 11-02-2007 6:22pm

I just tried that number. The recording's not from 3 Ireland, it's from BT Ireland.

Something's going on in the routing. However, it's not being blocked by "3"

viking · 12-02-2007 8:46am

I had a similar issue a few years ago with ringing Telestunt's number from my 02 mobile.

O2 said:

"Further to my telephone conversation on the 14 July 2004, our Technical team have reverted and confired that this service is supported by a company called Colt and they have barred these number ranges from being rang from a mobile. This has also been confirmed through Eircom. Unfortunately O2 Ireland have no control over this."

I imagine its the same situation here

Blaster99 · 13-02-2007 12:57am

No, that was a different issue. This is a plain ol' 01-number, not an 1890 number. And it works from Vodafone and probably O2 too. call13434's old number worked fine too. When I get a chance I'll call 3's help line to see what they'll come up with.

Blaster99 · 28-03-2007 11:48pm

I reported the fault to 3 and it has been fixed.

Is it legal to block a phone number?

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