Electronics

[jackthebear]

On 12/19/2014 gabstoomuch said:

I keep my land line (its in a triple bundle so its pennies to keep) only because it is a phone number to give out to places that need it, or to enter in a paper form.

I may or may not answer if anyone calls, but having a number to enter means NO ONE that I do not want to talk to gets my cell number.

My kids use their cell phone numbers for everything (they have never had a land line, ha! new generation). The problem is that their cell phone rings constantly, and 90% of the time they just let it go to voice mail.

I can't be bothered emptying out my cell phone voice mail. My home phone I answer if I know who it is and want to, otherwise it just rings and they hang up after 4 rings. (impatient society).

Someone else recently said they gave up their land line and just make up a fake phone number for forms that have a *phone number required. That's not right either. They could be randomly giving out someone's real phone number!

use 876-5309

I must be one of the few that does not get many junk calls, I made it a project to get my name(s) off mailings and don't answer my phone if I don't know who the caller is. If they want to talk to you they will leave a message.

[violann]

I juat this minute went to sign up, and it's not available to my carrier in this area. Meanwhile, we NEVER answer unknown calls, but "rachel" and "Michigan Caller" appear to recycle every 6 weeks to two mnths. A VILE intrusion and not as innocuous as might appear for people who use phones as lifelines.

[paShar]

On 12/18/2014 kismet said:

I can understand my phone number coming through but how does a robocall get my name?

There are websites, such as whitepages.com, where you can search for a person's address. There is also a reverse phone number feature on that site where you can enter a phone number and, if it's a listed number, it will give you the persons name and address.

[Rabid1]

There are a couple of ways this happens. You can set up your switch (the caller end) to send a code to the receiving service that makes the caller ID show it's own number as a test. Some services allow this others don't.

If they have a VOIP system it is easy to have the caller ID say pretty much whatever you want it to. If you have a private number and it shows up this means that somewhere some company that has that number has sold it to a marketing company. let's face it there is no such thing as a truly private number. You have to give it out at some point like an emergency contact number. It can even come from a friend getting phished or malwared and it's pulled from their contacts.

[geezerette]

On 12/19/2014 Newnick ame said: I juat this minute went to sign up, and it's not available to my carrier in this area. Meanwhile, we NEVER answer unknown calls, but "rachel" and "Michigan Caller" appear to recycle every 6 weeks to two mnths. A VILE intrusion and not as innocuous as might appear for people who use phones as lifelines.

"Rachel" is always calling us, too!

However, she's with one of our banks, so unfortunately, we've had to give her permission to call or they won't deal with us.

[Pinkroses]

It has happened to me too! It is weird!