I’ve a phone I almost never answer. It’s a landline number through a voice over Internet system. The phone service is really cheap. It has caller ID and voice mail. This is the number I give out 99% of the time. It’s main job is to catch all the spam and junk calls I don’t want to deal with. If it’s someone I actually want to talk to I can check the caller ID or they can leave a message. Normally, if I’m home, I call them right back.
One of the beautiful things about a landline is it doesn’t follow you around everywhere you go. When I’m out all those junk calls aren’t piling up on my cell phone.
The cell phone number is given out to those who I really really want to talk to. Unfortunately, I find I have to sometimes give that number out to things like doctor’s offices. If I’m waiting for important test results or appoints I don’t want to miss it.
Eventually, someone gives that number out to the wider world. Junk calls arrive in greater and greater numbers. When that gets too annoying I change my number once more. It’s my phone and I can do what I want with it.
There are time when I long for the days when I’d disappear in the deep woods to my dad’s hunting camp. Being cut off completely from civilization is nice. Most of the time I didn’t even bring a radio. What I did bring were some really good books.
-Sixbears
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There's an option on Google Voice to ignore all calls that aren't in your contacts. I have that set, though I do have to remember to add important numbers like doctor's offices. If it's important, they can still leave a message. I don't remember the last time I talked to a spammer.
ReplyDeleteI also had my actual cell number have an Alaska phone number. I don't know anyone in Alaska, so if caller id shows Alaska, I know it's spam. I also never check my cell phone's voicemail. This is the number I give out to places that require it, but have 0 need to answer, just like your landline.
Whatever technological fix works.
Delete(Excepting DaveZ, but doubt he's calling me...)
ReplyDeleteDoes DaveZ even have a phone?
DeleteGoing to take your advice. I do not like, do not trust MDs. Visits to Urgent Care, eyes, ears, and teeth docs are followed with massive number of scammers trying to fool me into signing for equipment and supplies supposedly related to last visit. Someone in Medicare has to be giving my phone number to fraudsters. Called Medicare. Reported 3rd fraudulent billing, $6,000, They transferred me to a recoding detailing their commitment to preventing fraud. Yeah, that otta help.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't matter if the information is sold off or if the systems have such poor security that they are hacked. In the end we still have to sort out the mess.
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