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Silent3

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23. We'd held onto our landline in addition to our cell phones, but gave up on the landline...

Reply to mackdaddy (Original post)

Fri Mar 25, 2022, 01:35 PM

Mar 2022

...because of this. Never got anything but robocalls and solicitations on the landline.

I've also been forced to shunt every unrecognized number on my cell phone to voice mail, which sucks because there are occasionally calls I would have like to have picked up on immediately. You can end up in playing voice message phone tag if you need to call someone back who has also been forced to screen their calls like this.

Spammers, scammers, robocallers, and trolls have ruined telecommunication.

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The Robo Calls have gotten out of hand. I may disconnect my home phone. [View all] mackdaddy Mar 2022 OP

YES! lastlib Mar 2022 #1

I am the same age. Just got one as I am typing this. mackdaddy Mar 2022 #7

When you have spare time to kill.... (Entertainment value only) keithbvadu2 Mar 2022 #2

I have though about this. mackdaddy Mar 2022 #17

We just canceled our landline Danmel Mar 2022 #3

I no longer answer the phone with "hello" lastlib Mar 2022 #4

"A Hoy Hoy"... ret5hd Mar 2022 #25

I'm getting a lot the last three days padfun Mar 2022 #5

We use NoMoRobo. Works great. Silver Gaia Mar 2022 #6

Good link. Looks like $2/month now. mackdaddy Mar 2022 #9

It's well worth it. Silver Gaia Mar 2022 #14

ty. Bookmarked. The reality is that the phone company let's Tetrachloride Mar 2022 #10

You're welcome. Silver Gaia Mar 2022 #16

I do not answer unless I know the number rurallib Mar 2022 #8

I get robo call and texts on my cell iemanja Mar 2022 #11

Ditched my land-line years ago. Happy Hoosier Mar 2022 #12

Ditched mine in 1998. CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #24

They are becoming a gigantic pain in my ass. Initech Mar 2022 #13

mine are illigitimate calls . a lot i call hit and run. ie ring and gone . no one on the other end AllaN01Bear Mar 2022 #15

My favorite is the ones on my car's extended warranty. Initech Mar 2022 #19

Oh yes XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #18

YES! I've been logging the calls. Highest # in 1 day? 35! Quiet_Dem_Mom Mar 2022 #20

I get calls from 'the Medicare Department' Kingofalldems Mar 2022 #21

I'm not saying anyone should do this, but dv421 Mar 2022 #22

We'd held onto our landline in addition to our cell phones, but gave up on the landline... Silent3 Mar 2022 #23

For us, they seem to come in cycles but don't know what the trigger is. yonder Mar 2022 #26

For all the time they waste making or enabling these robocalls ought to be a felony. hunter Mar 2022 #27

I have used blocking for years - it GREATLY reduces the problem. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #28

Yes, I had that problem back when I lived in Texas and had a land line Trailrider1951 Mar 2022 #29

If I answer them... Spazito Mar 2022 #30

I like that one. keithbvadu2 Mar 2022 #34

That's why I got rid of my landline years ago. Plus everyone I wanted to hear from highplainsdem Mar 2022 #31

Yes! RobinA Mar 2022 #32

When it dawned on me the only remaining thing my landline still did was receive spammer calls GoodRaisin Mar 2022 #33