how do i stop getting unwanted phonecalls ??

pk1970

hi, can anyone tell me what i can do to stop getting unanted calls.
lately it feels like i have had more than normal !
....selling me rubbish or automated ' you've won a flippin comp!'
grrrr:mad:
i am with bt ~ do i ring them ?!
thx

Heinz

You'll never stop the "You've won" or "Will you take part in a survey?" calls but you should be able to stop the vast majority of UK-based sales cold calls by signing up to the Telephone Preference Service.

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/ctps/number_type.html

headbanging

Register your number here:

Use google and do:

Telephone preference service.

Then register, Will take a few weeks for calls to stop, but it does work.

Steveseven

Its frustrating isnt it, I dont answer there questions unless they have a reference number and have paid for my time.
Some days I just put the phone by the tv and go do something else.

pk1970

Steveseven wrote: »

Its frustrating isnt it, I dont answer there questions unless they have a reference number and have paid for my time.
Some days I just put the phone by the tv and go do something else.

fab idea ! :rotfl:

wantmemoney

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/silentcalls/condoc.pdf
Consultation
Publication date: 1 June 2010
Closing Date for Responses: 27 July 2010

Mott MacDonald found the Ofcom Advisory Team’s (OAT) complaints data to be a good source of information on the drivers and characteristics of silent calls complaints.
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Mott MacDonald saw no evidence to suggest that the (often very well known) UK companies identified are the tip of a hidden overseas iceberg. This viewpoint was consistent with most of the external sources consulted.
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Membership of the TPS was not eliminating the issue, CPs were not doing enough to block numbers and the companies making the calls were not keeping promises to cease the calls.
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Mott Macdonald research based on Ofcom data could find no evidence that TPS worked or the problem was caused by overseas call centres!