I am getting the message "sorry your number cannot be completed as dialed..." when i dial 8xx number

[jukos]

This is the message i get when I dialed two different 8XX numbers this morning. one was an 866 and another 844. I was able to use a landline to access those numbers so they are fine.  I also got a friend with PM and he was also go the message "sorry your number cannot be completed as dialed..."  Any ideas whats going on?

Thanks all and have a great day!

[Anonymous]

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@idarwin wrote:

Hilarious - I was editing my post to note that it worked from a landline while you were composing your reply.

Yes, I was dialing 1-833-xxx-xxxx. Both by typing it by hand and by clicking on a link on their web page from the mobile browser (which it recognized as being the same #).

Yes, it works from a landline.

TIA

P.S. I restarted my phone but will try it in the morning, not now, in case it rings over to somebody's cell phone 🙂

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If it's supposed to be a toll free number then it's probably a business. Is the business in Canada? Some toll free customers choose not to maximize their accessibility by limiting the geographic scope of callers.

If it's a business, if you're willing to let us know what business you're wanting to call and share the number then others can try it on their phones.

[idarwin]

Hilarious - I was editing my post to note that it worked from a landline while you were composing your reply.

Yes, I was dialing 1-833-xxx-xxxx. Both by typing it by hand and by clicking on a link on their web page from the mobile browser (which it recognized as being the same #).

Yes, it works from a landline.

TIA

P.S. I restarted my phone but will try it in the morning, not now, in case it rings over to somebody's cell phone 🙂

[mimmo]

@idarwin@Assuming you are dialing 1833... And you are entering the number correctly.  Does it work from other phone

[idarwin]

Me too! 833 number here, calling from 647. Number is fine when dialed on a Bell landline. Please fix!

[vit100]

I have same situation with 

 833-828-2979

[yg1]

I am on a province-wide plan

PLUS I happen to have purchased a 200 minutes long distance bundle

Impossible to call 1-800-344-3370

I get the following message: "The number you have dialed is not available in your area at this time"

Someone please explain why or can someone fix this for me please?

[Pidggit]

I was having the same issue half an hour ago.

It worked on my wife's Public Mobile line, but not mine. I restarted the phone and it started working...

Very bizarre behaviour.

[jukos]

12:44pm and its working again!? hmmm

[Rockdaddy22]

Didn't work this time, very strange. I don't think it's a PM issue.

[jukos]

well...just tried again and its down again...can someone else try now? 1-844-757-7710

[jukos]

he got through now too.

[Rockdaddy22]

So what happened with your friend? Can he get through also?

[jukos]

I got through this time...must have been temporary.

[Chaos_Scorpio]

did you try pushing 1 before the 8? sometimes you need that... 

[hummuschips]

@jukos both those numbers work fine for me.  I'm located in Ontario if that makes any difference and I don't have any long distance add-ons.  I'm on the promo plan with province wide calling.

[Rockdaddy22]

I just got through on both, but I'm on a Canada Wide plan

[jukos]

one is rogers (844) 757-7710. the other is execulink 1-866-706-1994

[hummuschips]

What are the numbers?  I'm curious and want to try from my PM number.