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Sporadic reports have been complaining of crossed lines on the O2 network, with the people of Birmingham apparently getting routed into and able to eavesdrop on the odd Scottish call.
One user on the AV Forums has a particularly grim experience to tell of this tech mix-up, saying: “Since yesterday every time I try to call my friend instead I get this automated type machine of a Scottish guy ranting.”
The Register says O2 has acknowledged the problem and has received a “handful” of complaints about it, but this being the digital age where you can’t blame a woman for poking a wire in the wrong hole for it happening, it can’t provide an explanation for what’s been going wrong just yet.
A quick web search for the issue reveals a few users suffering from crossed lines on the O2 network over the last few years, with the issue affecting the odd GiffGaff call as well. [The Register]
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This may explain that really, REALLY weird call I made last night. First off the ringing sounded like something from an alien spaceship, and the actual call was all feedback.
Hah, I experienced this several dozen times over the last 3-4 years while I was with o2 (left o2 in april last year). It most definitely was not connecting only to scottish people though. + I was having bizarre three way conversations with my intended caller and unidentified random person.
I had this earlier in the week! Was calling my housemate and suddenly got patched into a conversation with a very confused Chinese Lady…
I had this at the weekend, I rang my mrs and we could both here an indian chatting away, didn’t think it was worth complaining about as I hung up, re dailed and had no problems after that.
Not with O2, but I had this when BT sent an outsourced moron to connect my new landline. Couldn’t get the internet connection working, so picked up the phone to try and call them and a Polish lady was having a conversation on my line. This was after the guy spent a total of 7 hours at my house running cables etc
Thankfully they sent an actual BT person the next work day and it got sorted quickly