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Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 6:09 PM

Trying to call my US friend's AT&T cell phone number- but message says it is not Operational

hi

 

i am trying to call my friend in the USA.  She has an AT&T contract cell phone (Apple i think). But i just get a message saying that her number is not operational (or not a working number etc etc).

She lives in Virginia Beach, and i need to call her urgently.   How can i trace the problem?  She may not even be aware of it because 99% of the time she uses Skype and Viber whilst in a wifi zone or her home wifi.   She very rarely makes an outbound call using the SIM card service. And i reckon she rarely gets an Inbound call to that SIM card (except from me).     Who do i contact? I don't see any Live Chat button except some business branch of AT&T.   I don't want to make a long distance phone call to AT&T as no doubt that would be expensive  (I live in UK).    Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

ACE - Sage

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9 years ago

Skype and fiber assign a phone number.  Perhaps you don't have her actual ATT cell number?

 

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9 years ago

i have her cell number ok, and i call it occasionally .  I worked ok until very recently.    She is using skype and viber even though cell phone number is not operating.   Skype and Viber don't need a valid number to function.  They only require a number when joining their service and installing the application itself.  I know that from my own experience.   So i really need  some support service to investigate the issue. I will keep serching. It's taken 3 hours now and no luck on finding a support contact except long distance call which i don't want to do

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