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Sunny Day · 03-07-2013, 05:41 AM

When I moved in, I got the cable package which included phone service. good thing as a few months later I started with an alarm service that requires a land line. Oddly they also installed a cell phone as a backup, in case the burglars cut the land line or the power goes out. It is on the battery backup.

I pay extra for an unlisted number, but that's a mixed blessing. Since the cable company can't divulge that I have the number, they didn't report a change in ownership to whatever company, Intelius I believe, that all the phone companies use as a central database for 411 purposes.

Since the ownership of the number never "changed" after 6 years, I still get calls for the previous owner, a woman who has a lot of bill collectors looking for her. I also get those robocalls about lower your credit card interest and bill collectors looking for other people I've never heard of. Or companies that say, "fuck the DNC list."

So to avoid that, the phone ringer is turned off. About once a day I erase the crap and return any phone calls to businesses or govt. agencies I gave the phone number to that I don't want them to know my cell number.

Leaving the generic "leave your name and number" is the only way. GF's psycho sister called after a couple of years and left a few messages. Since we didn't return the calls she couldn't be sure we still had the number and quickly gave up.

ATT might have been a better choice than cable. Recent snowstorm downed a lot of lines. My mom got next day service as she's elderly. Phoneman told me cable was telling people expect at least a week for repairs, theirs was just a couple of days.

03-07-2013, 05:41 AM
Sunny Day Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,406	Land Line When I moved in, I got the cable package which included phone service. good thing as a few months later I started with an alarm service that requires a land line. Oddly they also installed a cell phone as a backup, in case the burglars cut the land line or the power goes out. It is on the battery backup. I pay extra for an unlisted number, but that's a mixed blessing. Since the cable company can't divulge that I have the number, they didn't report a change in ownership to whatever company, Intelius I believe, that all the phone companies use as a central database for 411 purposes. Since the ownership of the number never "changed" after 6 years, I still get calls for the previous owner, a woman who has a lot of bill collectors looking for her. I also get those robocalls about lower your credit card interest and bill collectors looking for other people I've never heard of. Or companies that say, "fuck the DNC list." So to avoid that, the phone ringer is turned off. About once a day I erase the crap and return any phone calls to businesses or govt. agencies I gave the phone number to that I don't want them to know my cell number. Leaving the generic "leave your name and number" is the only way. GF's psycho sister called after a couple of years and left a few messages. Since we didn't return the calls she couldn't be sure we still had the number and quickly gave up. ATT might have been a better choice than cable. Recent snowstorm downed a lot of lines. My mom got next day service as she's elderly. Phoneman told me cable was telling people expect at least a week for repairs, theirs was just a couple of days.