Subj : Re: Screening Calls
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Tue Jul 07 2020 00:43:20

-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 27-Jun-2020 15:51 <=-

 DS>> These basically screen out and block telemarketers, scammers,
 DS>> political, charity, and a whole slew of other calls "wanting money".
 NB>> No apps for landlines, though.... ;)

 DS> Unfortuantely, that's true. Plus, with so many abandoning their
 DS> regular landlines, you pay through the nose and out the wazoo to
 DS> get a vanilla landline. But, the analog lines are being converted
 DS> to VoIP. I'm using an adapter with T-Mobile, the US Robotics 56K
 DS> Fax Modem (that I originally ran under dial-up), and a program, to
 DS> get incoming faxes.

Our landline is part of a package deal with our DSL... but otherwise is
plain vanilla... and still analog... If the power goes out, our wired
extensions still work fine.... :)

 DS>> I would check with the State Attorney General's office, and the
 DS>> Better Business Bureau to be sure.
 NB>> That would be in order, if one thought they might actually want
 NB>> something that is being advertised.... ;)  But, if not, also doesn't
 NB>> matter if the item is legit or not... ;)

 DS> I've got a bulletin on the BBS, warning folks of that.

All I was saying is that if one knows that one does not want something,
it should be simple enough to turn it down.... :)

ttyl        neb

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