Update for all sufferers of spam calls

andicole0 · 6 Jan 2017 at 12:30

BT have introduced a new free service for their customers "Call Protect". Might be worth a try, I have just turned it on and will see what happens.
Andi.

diamount · 6 Jan 2017 at 12:35

Do tech enthusiasts even have landlines anymore?

VincentHanna · 6 Jan 2017 at 12:36

diamount said:
Do tech enthusiasts even have landlines anymore?

Well it's needed for fibre broadband, so yes...We do.

diamount · 6 Jan 2017 at 12:39

VincentHanna said:
Well it's needed for fibre broadband, so yes...We do.

Good point, I'll rephrase: Do people even utilise their landlines anymore?

tom_e · 6 Jan 2017 at 12:44

I haven't had a phone plugged into my landline for the best part of a decade

Uther · 6 Jan 2017 at 12:58

diamount said:
Good point, I'll rephrase: Do people even utilise their landlines anymore?

Yes, the mobile signal is crap around here.

Gman · 6 Jan 2017 at 13:03

Had the call guardian phones for ages now and not had a single dodgy call. well worth the money.

peterwalkley · 6 Jan 2017 at 13:05

diamount said:
Good point, I'll rephrase: Do people even utilise their landlines anymore?

Yes. Rubbish mobile signal and elderly relatives who don't switch their mobiles on because they don't want to drain the battery :rolleyes:

EDIT: I work from home and need to call out a lot. Call quality on land-line is way better than mobile.

h4rm0ny · 6 Jan 2017 at 13:34

I'm starting to get spam calls on my mobile now. I have registered my number with TPS and will see if they stop. If anyone else wants to do it, the TPS site doesn't accept mobile numbers into the register service on their main page but there's a separate link for mobiles under their FAQ.

I find it intensely irritating and would love to see some punishments for the companies that do this.

Kuros · 6 Jan 2017 at 14:05

I had my landline plugged in for all of a week, then realised I'm better off with it unplugged.

I've never needed to ring anyone. It's right by the socket, so if I ever did need to call 999 or something, it's easy to do.

Sliver · 6 Jan 2017 at 14:25

tom_e said:
I haven't had a phone plugged into my landline for the best part of a decade

Same here. I just use my mobile. Got sick of cold calls on my landline and then one day I lost my temper and unplugged my landline phone and smashed it and threw it out.

Cro_Baron · 6 Jan 2017 at 18:04

Gman said:
Had the call guardian phones for ages now and not had a single dodgy call. well worth the money.

Yes I have that to, its great. You can even put it on do not disturb also

pastymuncher · 6 Jan 2017 at 19:13

Purchased a two pack of BT8500 call blocking phones two years ago and haven't had a single unwanted call since. Before this we were getting 3-5 a day!! The TPS is useless as they never check who is on it plus a lot of these calls are from outside the UK so it doesn't apply anyway.