Dullard MacLeod couldn’t get Vodafone’s call waiting to work

Ever since I got my Vodafone account I’ve been missing phone calls.

I’d be on the phone to someone, I’d finish the call and then I’d get two or three Spinvoxes arrive.

The realisation that people had been trying to call me whilst I nattered away was quite unnerving. I eventually did the equivalent of a Homer Simpson ‘Duh’ — Call Waiting wasn’t enabled by default.

It took me another month or so of occasional ‘errrs’ in my mind to do a Google search and find the code to enable Call Waiting on the Vodafone UK network.

It is, in case you were wondering, *43#. Then #43# to disable. More details here.

Surely Call Waiting is a service that everyone would want activated immediately? No?

On that page on Vodafone’s site, there is, inexplicably (to me, anyway), a picture of a guy scratching his head (top right) and a portrait photo of some middle aged chap do a mild mannered smile at me — unusual branding…

Vodafone Call Waitinga

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  • http://www.writerslife.net Mark Thomas

    Anyone know the command to enable this on Orange? I have given up on their “help” site.

    Mark

  • http://www.smstextnews.com/author/Ben.Smith Ben Smith

    I believe it should be possible from the handset, but these are GSM codes (aren't they?) so it should be the same for all networks that support this feature… anyone?

  • http://www.smstextnews.com/author/Ben.Smith Ben Smith

    I believe it should be possible from the handset, but these are GSM codes (aren't they?) so it should be the same for all networks that support this feature… anyone?

  • http://www.writerslife.net Mark Thomas

    Anyone know the command to enable this on Orange? I have given up on their “help” site.

    Mark

  • http://benjam.in Ben Smith

    I believe it should be possible from the handset, but these are GSM codes (aren't they?) so it should be the same for all networks that support this feature… anyone?

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