Now you may not be able to answer this but .....

[ladybirder]

I'll give it a try anyway. On Friday evening my mobile rang from a number I didn't recognise. When I answered it nobody spoke but I could hear people in the background talking to each other. Realised it was a friend of mine, Paul, talking to his sister and that they were unaware of having called me. So I ended the call and thought no more of it. I saw Paul's sister today and told her about the call and she said, "Oh that explains it. He's got a new phone and you're on Speed Dial and when he looked at his phone on Saturday morning it showed he'd made a 10-hour call to you." Will he be charged and if so OMG what is it going to cost him?

[albaqwerty]

depends on network. Also he might be on one of those free-to phone other networks.

[Postdog]

you are correct, I can't asnwer. But by poppoing this in the side menu someone who can might.

[Postdog]

oh, too late....

[boxtops]

Depends on his network, some charge if you ring other networks - and certainly if you go outside your limit!

[askyourgran]

Reminds me of one employee who was sacked, he left his desk on Friday and dialled Tokyo speaking clock and left the phone in his desk drawer. Don't know how much that costs.

[ladybirder]

...and it doesn't matter that I rang off after a minute or so? How could he still be connected to me? He reckons it happened because the phone was in his pocket and must have got knocked or something,

[annie0000]

Surely if you hung up then the call couldn't have lasted 10 hours or have I missed something?

[askyourgran]

If he had still been connected to your line, you wouldn't have been able to use your phone.

[albaqwerty]

If he spent 10 hours on a phone-call after you've ended it, he wasn't on the phone to you for 10 hours.

Are he/she trying to get you to pay for a phone call???

[woofgang]

My Dh used to do this on his horrible phone from 3 I was number 1 on his speed dial. I used to ring off and could use my phone but it didn't disconnect his and if I rang him back I would get the engaged tone.

They are called bum or butt calls
http://www.urbandicti...e.php?term=Bum%20Call

[ladybirder]

Gran that makes sense I suppose. If I had realised he was still connected I could have done something about it, like call him on his landline and warn him. I think I switched my mobile off a few minutes after I ended his call.

[Hopkirk]

Another good example of why I am happy to stay on pay as you go - you can only lose the credit on the phone, and not run up big bills.

[woofgang]

If you have a phone with a decent "sleep" function, it doesn't happen!

[lady-janine]

we live in a dead spot and cannot use a mobile - i'm so glad

[DTCwordfan]

that really is a grave situation for you Lady Janine. I thought that the Lizard was the dead centre of Cornwall.

[lady-janine]

dt - clever play on words and i'm stillhappy to keep my mobile in the car for emergencies only.

[askyourgran]

Thanks to the AB team for the heads up on this thread. I don't remember subscribing to it and your link on the e-mail to unsubscribe doesn't work, but no worries.