why are 3G contracts 18 months long?

I have a BT line and I get a nuisance International call every single
day - the actual times vary. Nobody talks but they eventually just
hang up. Is there any way I can bar these calls as the number is
unavailable? I've considered ACR and Choos To Refuse but these

Last song was "we're out of touch" by Uniting Nations.
The current song includes the lines "I'm sorry" regularly
in the chorus!
Al

I`m down grading my fones, i`m after a cheap camera fone that will work on
O2 and voda (3g contract) Where is best to get them?
I dont mind unlocking fones.
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I have received an email saying the t&cs have changed but not saying how.
Does anyone know how? I want to see if it allows me to cancel early.

a few months ago I got a new mobile phone and signed up with Vodafone's
"Pay As You Talk" service. As soon as I switched on my phone I started
to receive Spam SMS Messages. Within three days I reckon I received
about 60 Spam texts. I forwarded all of them to VSPAM (Vodafone Spam)

Crossposted from uk.legal......................
Problem: I want out of my mobile phone contract.
I bought a phone online direct from a major mobile phone operator
approximately Jan 04 and I signed up to a twelve month contract.  I

Has anyone got any experience of this phone? Would very much like to hear
people's comments on it.

Can you upgrade within an Orange shop and still haggle the price when you
are out of your 12 month tariff?

I store all my contacts on the handsets memory, I just switched my handset
on and went to search for a contact and got the message "Selected memory
empty". I went to 'settings' then 'memory in use' and made sure it was
'phone', not 'sim'. If I goto the phone contacts memory ...

I am just about to change my handset and wondered if any V3 or D500 users
could answer a quickie?
When you have paired with a Bluetooth device, does the phone automatically
detect when the device is turned on and connect or (like my GX15) do you

Looking for a tariff that would give me about 500mins any time xnet calls -
what's the best tarriff for this?
I don't want 3 as their coverage is not great where I am. Any chance Orange
would OVP it (I'm not an Orange customer)?

   I am unable to receive or send photos, it keeps coming up Socket is
closed.
Does anybody know anything about this.
Thanks

[Sorry, I screwed up - starting new thread]
Getting big problems here that started last Friday (the 1st).
Before that there were no problems. Now I'm lucky if I can actually
make a call, mostly all I get is background talking, like an office.