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me @dfollin (27267) • United States 23 Sep 16

My mom had a cordless phone in the living room then she did not have to go far from her chair to answer the phone. But it has broken now and she gets really upset when the phone rings and she has to get up and go in the other room...

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Why should we pay for Caller ID on our home phone?

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 29 Aug 16

It is a common feature of most cell phone services to provide you with caller identification, that is, the name and the number of a caller who has just rang you up. On our phone, we have the choice to either opt out of the extra...

Automated Services..

STOUTjodee @STOUTjodee (3670) • United States 10 May 16

It's bad enough when you call a business and you have to press 1 for,,blah, blah,blah. Press 2 for blah, blah, blah... and then you talk to an automated service and some time what they recognize what you say, isn't what you...

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How I deal with annoying phone calls

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 12 Mar 16

You all can love your cell phones but I'll stick with my landline until the day I die. I am not important enough to have a phone attached to my ear day in and day out. One thing people like me complain about are the annoying...

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It's sad when your caller ID stops talking to you!

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 2 Nov 15

We had just sat down to watch a TV show when the phone rang. So my husband muted the volume and we waited to hear the phone number from our phone with the talking caller ID. But I guess the lady who usually says the phone number...

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I am trying a different approach with phone calls.

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169477) • United States 3 Nov 12

We have caller ID and most of the calls we get come up Unknown name or blocked name or things like that. If we do not know the number and the name is unknown or blocked we do not answer. There is at least one number that has been...

dealing with scam calls

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Phone Scam?

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 6 Oct 11

This is actually pertaining to my land line but I just got a call where on the caller ID it said "Phone Scam" with a number from wherever. I didn't answer it but I was curious as to why it said "Phone Scam" on my caller ID? Was...

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my blackberry sprint 8830 dosent....?

sahyd2don @sahyd2don (2941) • India 2 Jan 11

I have blackberry sprint 8830 which displays only numbers on its screen even though i have the callers name feeded in the address book.The phone is new. please tell me how to set the settings so that i can see the callers name...

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Private Number?

sinaj292 @sinaj292 (602) • India 15 Sep 10

today i had one call from my friend.... there was no caller id or number... there was only "private number" on the screen.. i asked him the reason , he told me that that was one caller id restricted number.. Is it possible to...

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Do you memorize cellphone numbers?

trishasantos @trishasantos (1296) • Philippines 21 Aug 10

I came across a blog. It is about cellphone numbers. And it made me realize that somehow it is true. I giggled realizing some things after, like how I used to memorize the number of the guy I like.lol. Good old days. This is...

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Do you always answer your phone?

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 14 Dec 09

Today my phone has been ringing, ringing, ringing... And since I don't recognize the numbers that are coming up on my caller ID I don't answer them unless they are local numbers. I run my own small business and I answer all local...

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Do you have caller ID and long distance on your phone plan? Do you wish you did?

CRSunrise @CRSunrise (2981) • United States 7 Mar 09

We currently do not have caller ID and long distance on our phone plan. I eventally want to get caller ID so we can know who's calling us when the phone rings. Long distance would be a great thing because then we could stop using...

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Does Everyone Love Caller ID

nielbullock @nielbullock (54) • United States 10 Jan 09

I have VOIP at home now. When someone calls my house and the number is unknown I don't answer and can block the number. AND, I even like people. I guess we want to be bothered on our own terms.

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Caller ID...when you just don't want to answer..

Shar11 @Shar11 (419) • United States 22 Oct 08

I will admit it.. I often check who's calling on the caller id before I pick up. Now alot of people don't want to pick up the phone only to be faced with an aggressive tele-sales person but what about when it's friends or...

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Private Numbers: Who do you give the number to?

hellcowboy @hellcowboy (7374) • United States 15 Jul 08

I have been thinking lately and I started thinking about how my parents have a private number here at there house,and so it gave me the idea of asking all you mylotters out there in mylotland [b]how many of you have a private...

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Do you use Caller Id on your home phone?

sophiasmom911 @sophiasmom911 (1345) • United States 19 May 08

I have caller Id but here lately I've been thinking about getting rid of it. Its just another things to pay for . And in this economy right now the key is to consume!So do you use caller id? I do like it because sometimes I really...

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When the phone rings

littlefranciscan @littlefranciscan (18327) • United States 13 May 07

When the phone rings..what do you do..Do you have caller id and look and see if its a number you know? Do you pick up the phone say "hello..this is...how can I help you".?? What do you do when the phone rings???

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mememama @mememama (3076) • United States 3 May 07

I just got out of the stone age and now have caller ID. I recently had a call and it was my grandpa's number. It scared me, I didn't want to answer because I thought it was bad news, my grandmother has dementia and is in bad...

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About your SPECIAL SOMEONE'S name in your phonebook

smints8985 @smints8985 (1594) • United States 24 Feb 07

Almost everyone uses a cellphone at this age and time, in which case I have to ask out of curiosity, what name do you put in your special someone's number? Is it his/her real name or something else? I used to use special...

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Has this ever happened to you ??

spangles94 @spangles94 (546) • United States 9 Feb 07

Ok I know most of yall are gonna think im insane but i gotta ask if this has ever happened and what yall did when it did cause it freaked me out yesterday .... Ok so what happen yesterday was I was going about my usual houshold...

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