On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 14:43:35 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:11:28 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 7/30/17 10:41 AM, True North wrote:
On Sunday, 30 July 2017 09:02:14 UTC-3, John H wrote:
I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can
hear the ring and answer it on my home phone.

Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the
telephone!

Yippee.

You guys should have told me about that years ago!


Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number.


I finally "dumped" my "wired" landline phone here after 15 years, and
set up an "internet" phone from the cable supplier. It's OK, but not as
good or reliable as the landline phone. I don't use it often. I
subscribe to a service that blocks about 90% of spam and robot calls
from my cellphone.

I use VoIP several years ago for a while. Didn't like it. Too much static or dropped calls or other
screwy stuff. I do use Skype for calls to a land line at my friend's house in Holland. Costs all of
$.02/minute, and the sound has always been spectacular.

I might think of dumping the POTS if it would save me any money. As
long as I have DSL it is just bundled in the package and there is no
money to be had in dropping it. I do get a big suite of extra services
but I only use a couple. Caller ID on my TV is cool. I use the
conference call deal now and then.

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 20:24:26 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 14:43:35 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:11:28 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 7/30/17 10:41 AM, True North wrote:
On Sunday, 30 July 2017 09:02:14 UTC-3, John H wrote:
I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can
hear the ring and answer it on my home phone.

Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the
telephone!

Yippee.

You guys should have told me about that years ago!


Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number.


I finally "dumped" my "wired" landline phone here after 15 years, and
set up an "internet" phone from the cable supplier. It's OK, but not as
good or reliable as the landline phone. I don't use it often. I
subscribe to a service that blocks about 90% of spam and robot calls
from my cellphone.

I use VoIP several years ago for a while. Didn't like it. Too much static or dropped calls or other
screwy stuff. I do use Skype for calls to a land line at my friend's house in Holland. Costs all of
$.02/minute, and the sound has always been spectacular.

I might think of dumping the POTS if it would save me any money. As
long as I have DSL it is just bundled in the package and there is no
money to be had in dropping it. I do get a big suite of extra services
but I only use a couple. Caller ID on my TV is cool. I use the
conference call deal now and then.

We have caller ID on the TV, but it is not as good as the caller ID on the Panasonic. The TV will
often say 'Virginia Cellphone' whereas the handset will ID the name of the caller.

Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number.

.....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...

Tim wrote:
Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your
landline, get your cellphone number.

....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...


You can try and you will have some success, but technology has advanced on
the spam caller side, too.

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Posted with my iPad Pro

Keyser Soze
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Tim wrote:
Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your
landline, get your cellphone number.

....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...


You can try and you will have some success, but technology has advanced on
the spam caller side, too.

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Posted with my iPad Pro
....

If the call comes in on a legitimate number it gets blocked. Of course they'll use another number next time. It gets blocked too. If the ID says unknown it gets ignored anyhow. I think I've blocked about 17 bogus callers on my cell phone now

On 7/31/17 8:24 AM, Tim wrote:
If the call comes in on a legitimate number it gets blocked. Of course they'll use another number next time. It gets blocked too. If the ID says unknown it gets ignored anyhow. I think I've blocked about 17 bogus callers on my cell phone now


As I stated, one can have *some* success blocking unwanted calls, but
the technology for callers has advanced, too, and callers have a way of
masking their actual phone numbers and even their countries of origin.

I do manage to block most robocalls and a lot of spam calls and in fact
can block the phone from ringing on most of them, but the methodology to
do this is far from perfect. I also block callers who hide their phone
numbers in addition to not answering most callers who don't supply a
caller ID. I figure that anyone trying to reach me who doesn't get their
call answered and doesn't leave a voicemail message isn't worth
bothering with...

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 05:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number.

....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...

I can block up to 250 numbers on the Panasonic line, but only 10 through Cox.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 05:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number.

....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...

That does not help much when the spammers are using caller ID
spoofers. The number keeps changing.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:58:06 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 05:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number.

....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...

That does not help much when the spammers are using caller ID
spoofers. The number keeps changing.

You're right. I don't even bother blocking them unless I see the same caller and number several
times. I just don't answer unrecognized numbers. If folks start to leave a message, and I recognize
them, then they'll get answered. Otherwise it doesn't happen.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:13:43 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:58:06 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 05:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number.

....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...

That does not help much when the spammers are using caller ID
spoofers. The number keeps changing.

You're right. I don't even bother blocking them unless I see the same caller and number several
times. I just don't answer unrecognized numbers. If folks start to leave a message, and I recognize
them, then they'll get answered. Otherwise it doesn't happen.

The strange one is when your own number pops on the caller ID.