An EE spokesman said: "Customers of a number of operators have experienced problems calling landlines for a short period.
JK, Tayport, Fife Last week the telecoms regulator Ofcom said that Plusnet was jointly the most complained-about firm (with TalkTalk) for problems with landlines.
You should have a cordless landline phone to avoid any potential problems getting cell phone reception.
Customers around the UK reported problems with their internet and landlines on social media.
This problem is getting worse each year, as landline penetration decreases.
But it is a poor way to handle data.The problems are all too familiar to those who use conventional landlines and dial-up modems to connect to the Internet.
The company had earlier said that the signal problems were only affecting calls made from mobile phones to landlines – calling it a "severe outage" - though some EE customers on Twitter were reporting more widespread issues regarding complete signal loss.
As many older people who could possibly have arthritis live in institutions without the availability of a personal landline, these estimates are likely to be an underestimation of the true problem.
Deutsche Telekom, the German operator, has been chastened by its purchase of Greece's former landline monopoly, Hellenic Telecom, or OTE, an investment that is under pressure given Greece's fiscal and economic problems.
But in fact I've seen some good stabilisation results on the landline side as well and a clear technological path to success, even on the landline side, so I think the domestic problems have been overstated.
