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.

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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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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
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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.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:52:45 -0400, wrote:

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.

My cell phone number shows up quite often on my land line CID. If I'm running around and think of
something I want to remember later, I'll often call my home phone and leave a message as a reminder.
Works well.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:09:28 -0400, John H
wrote:

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

My cell phone number shows up quite often on my land line CID. If I'm running around and think of
something I want to remember later, I'll often call my home phone and leave a message as a reminder.
Works well.
I am talking about the POTS number showing up on the POTS caller ID.