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AllaN01Bear

(25,077 posts)
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 04:15 PM Jan 2025

i just unplugged my land line phone . 10th time they have called with the same robo voice .

i call him mumbes . 2 in a row . and changing screeen names . 1 was dr zaias . hmmm . where have i heard that name before. that was the prez of the simian councel in the planet of the apes saga.
i bet ya these calls will increase under him.

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i just unplugged my land line phone . 10th time they have called with the same robo voice . (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Jan 2025 OP
You still have a land-line? Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #1
I have one as well. murielm99 Jan 2025 #2
yep. for various reasons. AllaN01Bear Jan 2025 #3
You need to get Ooma service. You can block by name, by number and by groups of numbers. You can also Wonder Why Jan 2025 #4
You are able to do this with one thinkingagain Jan 2025 #6
You mean all the extension phones? Yes. Only one plain old unit. Wonder Why Jan 2025 #7
Yes all the extensions thinkingagain Jan 2025 #8
The Ooma Telco can handle a REN of 5. My Princess needs 0.7 as do the Wonder Why Jan 2025 #9
Thank you thinkingagain Jan 2025 #10
Apparently so, since they just said they unplugged it. Tanuki Jan 2025 #5
I have one XanaDUer2 Jan 2025 #11

Wonder Why

(5,686 posts)
4. You need to get Ooma service. You can block by name, by number and by groups of numbers. You can also
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 04:52 PM
Jan 2025

force those not in your contacts to go directly to voicemail without passing GO.

Ooma service for a long time. Very inexpensive. No problems. Good service. I have 2 Caption phones, one Princess phone, two sets of VTech phones with a total of five portables connected. One in every room including the garage. I always give out my home phone to businesses and I rarely get junk calls on my cellphone.

thinkingagain

(1,300 posts)
8. Yes all the extensions
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 10:24 PM
Jan 2025

I thought when I looked into Ooma
In the past it did one maybe two phones.

I like many multiple phones in my home.

May need to look into it again.

Thanks

Wonder Why

(5,686 posts)
9. The Ooma Telco can handle a REN of 5. My Princess needs 0.7 as do the
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 10:57 PM
Jan 2025

Caption phones. The bases for the wireless ones are 0 and the other box is .3 so that's a total of 2.4. I'm using half of what the Ooma can handle.

REN is ringer equivalence number. Wikipedia has a good explanation for it but basically it is the load of the original ringers (1.0) on old phones. Modern phones take much less load because they just use electronic circuits to detect the ring signal and power the ringer from a wall outlet instead of using the phone line to directly ring as the old phones which were powered from the central office.

The FCC requires that the Telco provide a minimum of 5.0 so all Telco systems have at least that much.

thinkingagain

(1,300 posts)
10. Thank you
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 12:17 AM
Jan 2025

I get a little if that, but I will share with my son he will prrobabaly understand

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