Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number.

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But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...

Tim wrote:
Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your
landline, get your cellphone number.

....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...


You can try and you will have some success, but technology has advanced on
the spam caller side, too.

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Keyser Soze
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Tim wrote:
Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your
landline, get your cellphone number.

....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...


You can try and you will have some success, but technology has advanced on
the spam caller side, too.

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Posted with my iPad Pro
....

If the call comes in on a legitimate number it gets blocked. Of course they'll use another number next time. It gets blocked too. If the ID says unknown it gets ignored anyhow. I think I've blocked about 17 bogus callers on my cell phone now

On 7/31/17 8:24 AM, Tim wrote:
If the call comes in on a legitimate number it gets blocked. Of course they'll use another number next time. It gets blocked too. If the ID says unknown it gets ignored anyhow. I think I've blocked about 17 bogus callers on my cell phone now


As I stated, one can have *some* success blocking unwanted calls, but
the technology for callers has advanced, too, and callers have a way of
masking their actual phone numbers and even their countries of origin.

I do manage to block most robocalls and a lot of spam calls and in fact
can block the phone from ringing on most of them, but the methodology to
do this is far from perfect. I also block callers who hide their phone
numbers in addition to not answering most callers who don't supply a
caller ID. I figure that anyone trying to reach me who doesn't get their
call answered and doesn't leave a voicemail message isn't worth
bothering with...

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 20:18:12 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 10:44:07 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 1:31:17 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:00:00 -0400,
wrote:

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H
wrote:

I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can
hear the ring and answer it on my home phone.

Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the
telephone!

Yippee.

You guys should have told me about that years ago!

How does that work? Do you dock your cell phone in the home phone
base?
Obviously if you are out on the golf course with your phone, the home
phone is not going to ring. (unless there is something about SIM cards
that I do not understand)


===

I'm guessing it's probably a "Bluetooth" link similar to what most
modern cars provide for hands free operation of your cell phone.
Virtually all of the newer cell phones have Bluetooth capability. If
you have a lot of MP3 music stored on your phone Bluetooth is also
useful to linking up with wireless speakers, ear buds, etc.


That is still "docked" in the data sense. If you are more than 10
meters from the house phone, it is a paperweight.

As long as everyone has their own phone that is OK but if you are home
alone and don't have a phone you are Amish.
I suppose you can back that up with VOIP but at that point, why bother
with the cell interface?

If you don't have a cell phone you are correct, but this day who doesn't? If you are home, you can use your "home" cordless phone to make and receive calls. If you are away, you have your cell phone with you.

For some that may not make sense, but for many (most?), it works great. We only keep out landline for the home alarm reporting service. One day I'll get an internet phone service and get rid of the TW bundled phone. It's just not that much money or big of a deal to make it worth it right now.

So this thing responds to any cell it is mated with (more than one)?

Mine can pair with two cell phones. Haven't paired my wife's yet./

How does it decide which one to use with an outgoing call?

Haven't disconnected from the land line yet, so can't answer the question. Now I can. On the handset
the word 'Cell' appears in the screen. By hitting the button under 'Cell', the cell phone is
selected for the outgoing call. As I have only one cell paired, only one shows up. If I had two
paired, I'd probably (I think) have to select Cell 1 or Cell 2.

Please keep asking these questions. I'm learning more and more.

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 20:24:26 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 14:43:35 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:11:28 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 7/30/17 10:41 AM, True North wrote:
On Sunday, 30 July 2017 09:02:14 UTC-3, John H wrote:
I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can
hear the ring and answer it on my home phone.

Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the
telephone!

Yippee.

You guys should have told me about that years ago!


Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number.


I finally "dumped" my "wired" landline phone here after 15 years, and
set up an "internet" phone from the cable supplier. It's OK, but not as
good or reliable as the landline phone. I don't use it often. I
subscribe to a service that blocks about 90% of spam and robot calls
from my cellphone.

I use VoIP several years ago for a while. Didn't like it. Too much static or dropped calls or other
screwy stuff. I do use Skype for calls to a land line at my friend's house in Holland. Costs all of
$.02/minute, and the sound has always been spectacular.

I might think of dumping the POTS if it would save me any money. As
long as I have DSL it is just bundled in the package and there is no
money to be had in dropping it. I do get a big suite of extra services
but I only use a couple. Caller ID on my TV is cool. I use the
conference call deal now and then.

We have caller ID on the TV, but it is not as good as the caller ID on the Panasonic. The TV will
often say 'Virginia Cellphone' whereas the handset will ID the name of the caller.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 05:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number.

....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...

I can block up to 250 numbers on the Panasonic line, but only 10 through Cox.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 07:39:50 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:11:28 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 7/30/17 10:41 AM, True North wrote:
On Sunday, 30 July 2017 09:02:14 UTC-3, John H wrote:
I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I
get a cell phone call I can
hear the ring and answer it on my home phone.

Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop
paying Cox the big bucks for the
telephone!

Yippee.

You guys should have told me about that years ago!


Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call
your landline, get your cellphone number.


I finally "dumped" my "wired" landline phone here after 15 years, and
set up an "internet" phone from the cable supplier. It's OK, but not as
good or reliable as the landline phone. I don't use it often. I
subscribe to a service that blocks about 90% of spam and robot calls
from my cellphone.

I might think of that but my landline is pretty much free as long as I
have DSL. Since everything is underground here the POTS lines are
pretty much 100% available. I can't say that about Comcast, the only
other real choice. They are up on poles with repeaters connected to
the grid. Just about anything takes them down.


I have Comcast, but our cables and lines are all underground. Home phone
$10 a month VOIP.

When Sprint bought out United Telephone in the 80s, they ripped out
virtually all of the old "plant" and built a system for the 21st
century.
Comcast was not that committed when they bought MediaOne and we still
have the junk they got from South Florida Cable.
They do offer blazing speed but reliability sucks and their service
department is rated the worst of anything that gets rated around here.
My neighbor used to work for them and he quit in disgust along with
most of the real "cable guys". They have MAP monkeys and script
readers now.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 05:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number.

....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...

That does not help much when the spammers are using caller ID
spoofers. The number keeps changing.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:58:06 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 05:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your landline, get your cellphone number.

....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...

That does not help much when the spammers are using caller ID
spoofers. The number keeps changing.

You're right. I don't even bother blocking them unless I see the same caller and number several
times. I just don't answer unrecognized numbers. If folks start to leave a message, and I recognize
them, then they'll get answered. Otherwise it doesn't happen.