This problem has now gone away, but I wondered if anyone here might have an opinion on what on earth was going on.
Yesterday, I called a friend. When she answered, I could hear her, but she couldn't hear me.
I hung up and redialled.
Same problem - I can't be heard.
I dial her mobile phone.
She can hear me clearly, and I can hear her. I explain the problem, and decide to try her land line again.
I call landline, and once more, she can't hear me but I can hear her.
She calls me back from landline. We can both hear each other!
I call her back, she answers on a different handset, and can now hear me. I hold line while she puts phone down and picks up the original handset. She can hear me on that too.
We both hang up, and I redial.
She answers on original handset, and once more can't hear me.
Later on the problem goes away and hasn't come back.
Handsets at her end both wired in. Mine is cordless, hasn't given any other problems.
This has happened 2 or 3 times to us over the last few years, but only ever just the once - if I dialled back it was all ok. This went on a lot longer.
As far as I know she's had no other problems with the telephone or service.
Any thoughts?