Chris

I've heard of it happening, though never experienced it (except at work, where my extension number used to belong to someone else!) There's little you can do I'm afraid - the number goes into quarantine for a set period and is then cleared for re-use. I'm surprised you got so many calls though, I would have thought most people would realise it wasn't the former user's number after a while. The only thing you can do it try to establish how long the number has been in quarantine for ... next time someone phones, ask them when they last got hold of the person they are after on the number they have just dialled. If you find that it's less than the requisite period (don't know how long that is, doubtless someone else will post it soon enough), then you can complain about it. But all they will do is change your number again!