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  • Which mobile providers still offer 2G calls?

    From Ottavio Caruso@ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com to uk.telecom.mobile on Fri Nov 28 21:46:10 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    I have a phone that supports 4G but only on data, so it's basically
    useless on calls, at least this is what the operator at Spusu told me.

    I can make calls and receive texts but apparently nobody can get through
    to me. The caller gets a message that I am not reachable and they can't
    even leave a voicemail message. Spusu uses some sort of virtual
    voicemail service that can't be switched on or off like other providers.

    In any case there's no point me staying with Spusu.

    I am thinking of buying fixed broadband, so I was thinking of moving to
    a provider for infrequent calls only, but it has to natively support 2G
    calls.

    I checked with Smarty and my phone is not compatible with them. Not sure
    about 1p Mobile as it is not very clear from their website.

    Yes, at one point I'll have to buy a better phone but not right now.

    Thanks in advance.
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    Ottavio Caruso

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  • From Tweed@usenet.tweed@gmail.com to uk.telecom.mobile on Sat Nov 29 07:28:59 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:
    I have a phone that supports 4G but only on data, so it's basically
    useless on calls, at least this is what the operator at Spusu told me.

    I can make calls and receive texts but apparently nobody can get through
    to me. The caller gets a message that I am not reachable and they can't
    even leave a voicemail message. Spusu uses some sort of virtual
    voicemail service that can't be switched on or off like other providers.

    In any case there's no point me staying with Spusu.

    I am thinking of buying fixed broadband, so I was thinking of moving to
    a provider for infrequent calls only, but it has to natively support 2G calls.

    I checked with Smarty and my phone is not compatible with them. Not sure about 1p Mobile as it is not very clear from their website.

    Yes, at one point I'll have to buy a better phone but not right now.

    Thanks in advance.


    By a new phone. Fall back to 2G is going to be increasingly restricted.

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