Nuisance Calls

Heinz

FeeFeeDee wrote: »

I sooooo want this, but unfortunately can't afford it im getting to the stage where I feel sick when my phone starts to ring tho.....so Im gonna see if I can somehow raise the cash !

Would a CLI unit (or phone) not enable you to avoid the vast majority of such calls by checking the caller's number before answering (or not answering)?

After all, a Truecall unit is. in general terms, just a mechanised version of that procedure.

spike7451

Heinz wrote: »

Would a CLI unit (or phone) not enable you to avoid the vast majority of such calls by checking the caller's number before answering (or not answering)?

After all, a Truecall unit is. in general terms, just a mechanised version of that procedure.

If the's no CLI Linecard in the Mux then no.The are a lot of cable muxes out there that are not CLI enabled as NTL/TeleWorst ect didn't complete the upgrade.

arrrbecca

Thanks, but that doesn't really help me with my mobile phone issues. Plus, my question was more about why providers (eg., O2, Vodafone, T-Mobile, etc) can't block incoming calls in this country.

spike7451

arrrbecca wrote: »

Thanks, but that doesn't really help me with my mobile phone issues. Plus, my question was more about why providers (eg., O2, Vodafone, T-Mobile, etc) can't block incoming calls in this country.

Ah sorry but maybe if you posted in the board specifically for MOBILE phones & not in a post in the board specifically for HOME phone's,you'd get a better answer,hence my reply above was correct for the type of phone originally asked about,asking about something not related to the post in question (IE-Nuisance calls to landline) is just confusing the issue.

killerkev

well I don't want to pay a £100 for something that my phone supplier should be able to do for free . It can't be to difficult to block all overseas calls.
Any way i have now stopped being polite to these callers ( as I think that just gets you on more suckers lists) The last one I just shouted down the phone get lost not interested, I have not had a call for 3 days!!!!:j

wantmemoney

killerkev wrote:

It can't be to difficult to block all overseas calls.

yes but real trouble is nearer to home.
This is the original version (Ofcom edited it in 2011) of research that was printed in 2010.

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/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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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!

savemoney

I have the truecall device for 2 years now haven't had one single cold call. I still get them but device blocks them. Its costs £80 yes its a lot but I really got fed up of them and complaining didnt do any good at all

arrrbecca

spike7451 wrote: »

Ah sorry but maybe if you posted in the board specifically for MOBILE phones & not in a post in the board specifically for HOME phone's,you'd get a better answer,hence my reply above was correct for the type of phone originally asked about,asking about something not related to the post in question (IE-Nuisance calls to landline) is just confusing the issue.

Yeesh, sorry! I searched for "Nuisance calls" in the search box and found this thread. Excuse me for not seeing the one bit of tiny little text at the top of the screen that says "Home phone". And to be fair, you didn't answer for the type of phone originally asked about, as my question was about mobiles. But, never mind. Leaving this thread.