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My dad has a land line that keeps going off all day. It's 90% spam calls. He complains about the spam calls all day. Still keeps the land line.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Jul 31 '20, 06:32

Why the fuck does he have a land line? I ask him every time. Still has it.

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We had one until late last year. We did not get many SPAM calls, at least in the evening and weekends. I do miss it a bit (pre-COVID anyway). - Spawn Jul 31, 07:49
I unplugged mine yesterday for this reason. Must've had a half-dozen calls by lunchtime. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 31, 06:49
I'm glad my parents still have theirs cause if I lost my phone they're the only people I'd be able to call. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 31, 06:40 2
- the only phone numbers I know are mine, my wife's, and pointless ones from before the age of mobile phones. -- nm - mafic Jul 31, 07:22
- Your parents are 911???? -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 06:42
My mom wants to get one installed because she worries her cell phone will die or have an issue and she wants the safety of a home phone. -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 06:36 9
- I'm seriously thinking about having one put in at my mom's. She has a terrible habit of ignoring (or simply not hearing) her cell phone - decline Jul 31, 06:40 8
  - My mom accidentally turns off the volume on her cell. She has similar issue as your mom so I'm fine with her getting a home phone. - Krusty Jul 31, 06:46 3
    - she also had completely turned off sound on her cell at one point because the notifications where 'bothering her'. - decline Jul 31, 06:54 1
      - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 07:05
    - YOu guys are no help at all. -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 06:46
  - Might be worth looking at the Amazon Echo Connect. It can tie a landline into Amazon devices which could be all over the house -- nm - oblique Jul 31, 06:44 2
    - yeah. I got her a google home she can use to call out but realized that doesn't do me any good checking on her -- nm - decline Jul 31, 06:52 1
      - Amazon has a "drop in" feature that you can use to initiate talking through them like an intercom. I'm actually really impressed with all the options - oblique Jul 31, 06:55
  - Well my dad is fine with his cell phone. -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 06:42
We had ours for a long time because the number was very well known to everyone we knew. I ended up porting it to a VoIP provider, then eventually - oblique Jul 31, 06:33
just unplug it and don't tell him -- nm - decline Jul 31, 06:32

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My dad has a land line that keeps going off all day. It's 90% spam calls. He complains about the spam calls all day. Still keeps the land line.

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