Anonymous caller reject should be standard

dasyad · 17 Oct 2012 at 18:15

Ahleckz said:
I often have to phone customers using my personal mobile. I don't want them to have my number so I withhold it. Seems perfectly reasonable to do.

Should you not have the use of a work phone? I never answer anonymous calls

Mr-White · 17 Oct 2012 at 18:16

I don't answer witheld numbers, if it's important they'll leave a message.

MW

Pawnless Endgame · 17 Oct 2012 at 18:26

I'm all for blocking of withheld numbers, but some do spoof their caller ID. Would the mechanism involved in blocking withheld numbers be able to recognise spoofed IDs and block those too?

thecremeegg · 17 Oct 2012 at 19:50

People don't answer anonymous calls? Can I ask why? I've had a few very important conversations with blocked numbers...in fact at work our number is blocked, don't want people ringing back on the wrong number. People are strange

Scougar · 17 Oct 2012 at 19:55

As above. Our work uses anon numbers, a lot of civil service (stuff that serves the public) use anon numbers. It would be to your detriment.

Energize · 17 Oct 2012 at 20:59

thecremeegg said:
People don't answer anonymous calls? Can I ask why? I've had a few very important conversations with blocked numbers...in fact at work our number is blocked, don't want people ringing back on the wrong number. People are strange

Because witheld numbers are primarily used by telesales, crank callers and more nefarious individuals. Relatively few legitimate callers withold their number as there is no reason to. Businesses and other entities who want customers to call back the "proper number" can route their calls through that number at no cost.

Destination · 17 Oct 2012 at 21:02

My bank withhold their number, so when they call you've to answer, else you won't get the alert or request from the fools.

Kosmiche · 17 Oct 2012 at 21:52

My 93 year old grandad gets the same calls from people who want to give him faster internet

Its quite funny but they should get the message that he doesn't even own a pc.

Kenai · 17 Oct 2012 at 22:07

I must be incredibly lucky, in all the time i've been using phones, I can think of only a handful of times where i've answered a withheld number and it wasn't a legitimate call

dasyad · 17 Oct 2012 at 22:45

Mr-White said:
I don't answer witheld numbers, if it's important they'll leave a message.

MW

This.

thecremeegg said:
People don't answer anonymous calls? Can I ask why? I've had a few very important conversations with blocked numbers...in fact at work our number is blocked, don't want people ringing back on the wrong number. People are strange

I like to know if the call is worth answering before actually answering it. If it is important they will leave a message and I can call term back at my leisure.

Why even dial out and withhold your number? If you don't want people to call an incorrect number then why not redirect through the correct one or just leave a message on the incorrect one telling people to call the other number?

mattyfez · 17 Oct 2012 at 22:53

I don't tend to answer blocked numbers either, as above, if its important they can leave a message.

I've also not had a phone plugged into my landline for about 4 years, there's just no need. All the people I talk to call the mobile, so if the house phone were to ring, 99.9% chance it's a spam call.
I have a house phone somewhere, incase of emergency but I don't even know if it still works.

Seb5009 · 17 Oct 2012 at 22:55

Bennie-Mac said:
I agree, I never answer blocked numbers on my mobile.

This

K1LLSW1TCH · 17 Oct 2012 at 23:07

I don't see nuisance callers as much of an issue really, they call, I say hello, they tell me who they are, I hang up, it probably takes less than 5 seconds and happens so rarely I really don't give a ****.

The Funktopus · 17 Oct 2012 at 23:18

We get several of these a day, despite being TPS registered. In my humble opinion, telemarketing, surveys and so forth should be outright banned. We get bombarded with advertising more than enough everywhere else day to day, your home at least should be the one place you can shut out all that crap should you choose to do so.

Duff-Man · 17 Oct 2012 at 23:26

I just cancelled my landline with Virgin Media. it didn't cost me much, but the only people who called it were telemarketers (two to three times per day). Anyone who actually knows me calls my mobile.

Telemarketers are Satan in disguise

Uhtred · 17 Oct 2012 at 23:27

we got so fed up of ppi calls we begged BT to change our number (no idea how they got it in the first place)
TPS makes no difference these days. ALso phones that block numbers or withheld calls are no help as the number changes each time.

andi · 17 Oct 2012 at 23:39

Phone calls from the police come from a withheld number, and sometimes leaving a message is not possible. Refusing to answer all calls seems a bit silly, if you hate it that much, just hang up when you know who it is.

413x · 17 Oct 2012 at 23:48

mame said:
I'm the same, have a landline just for the internet (no cable here) and don't know my phone number. I'll probably get 4G when someone is doing a 4G home service with a router, and then ditch the landline.

THIS

jakspyder · 18 Oct 2012 at 05:47

We have a land line. Its only used for either the landlord to call us or virgin to call us. Or us them if we need. Otherwise its unused and we have never had any sales calls.

DanielMMS · 18 Oct 2012 at 08:31

Our telephone provider (Jersey Telecom) offers a free service to block all anonymous calls. If someone wants to call they simply dial 1470 to release their number and hey presto.

On the flip side, I am required to have my home phone number as ex-directory due to work which does cause some problems with people refusing to answer my calls (especially my eldest son!) but I also just need to dial 1470 if I struggle to get through.