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Difficulty with cell phone calls

I was wondering if anyone else has been having this problem lately.

Over the past few weeks, every time I try to call my wife's cell phone, it has been dead on the line. No ringing, no voice recording advising that the phone is shut off nothing.

I have no problem with land line calls, but her cell phone never seems to pick up. Is this common?

By mbest on Mar 19, 2006, 17:12 in Friendly Talkzone.

morphus says on Mar 19, 2006, 17:37:

Not common for me. All my girls in Colombia always answer the cell phone. They don't pay for months but always get incoming calls.

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dave_travels says on Mar 19, 2006, 19:37:

I believe it is the long distance service that is the problem I occasionally get that problem (she uses "Hola"), but I believe it is the long distance service that is the problem. Calls to cell phones are more expensive for your long distance carrier than calls made to land-lines.

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davidfmbca says on Mar 19, 2006, 21:02:

Strange Problem No, I've been phoning my doll couple times a week on her cellphone from my computer using SKYPE out credits and its clear, cheap and no problems. Maybe its the city you're calling. My doll lives in Barranquilla and there never seems to be a problem with getting through unless I call her using one of those cheap 1 cent a minute calling cards. But if I call from my computer using Skype or one of the more expensive calling cards, it always works.

By the way, do the folks in Colombia have to pay for incoming calls to their cellphones from international like we have to pay here in North America or do they only pay for calls that they make?

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Rubiazo says on Mar 19, 2006, 21:38:

Like morphus said In Colombia one does NOT have to pay for incoming calls. That is also why calling cells in Colombia is more expensive than calling fixed lines.

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tomtom33 says on Mar 20, 2006, 03:51:

Mountains I have always had problems calling a friend in Guarne near Medellin's Rio Negro Airport.

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Crazy4Cali says on Mar 20, 2006, 08:43:

You should be able.. ...to get through to something regardless. A voice mailbox, a busy, a "this number is unavailable or no longer in service" message.

Can you send text messages? OLA has a web site from which you can send text messages to a phone. I'm sure the other carriers offer this as well if you rummage around on their web sites.

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geoiii says on Mar 21, 2006, 10:50:

calling cali no answer calling to cell phone in cali was fine till a week ago,now i dial the same number i was diling before, now the answering service come on telling me that the number has been change, and i get a new number.i am using a calling card,funny.cause is the same card i used before.and of course the cell phone number is the same ,i try other calling cards and still the same no luck

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