"Tim+" wrote in message
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Nightjar wrote:
On 26-Aug-16 11:23 AM, Tim+ wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
I have just replaced our phones, with a set which filters out nuisance
callers, unless they are live callers who can follow a proceedure to
get through.

My new concern is that we sometimes get automated calls from the
electric, gas, flood and water utilities, when they have an issue and
we obviously want these calls to get through - so I need to find out
the numbers they use to ring us from, so I can include them in the list
of accepted numbers.

Has anyone found such a list, or even a proper name for this type of
prerecorded warning phone call?


The obvious answer is to ask the utilities concerned.

Do they really call so frequently that missing the call would be a
concern?

I've only ever had on flood warning call, but I wouldn't have wanted to
miss it.



That seems to be the only one that I can imagine not wanting to miss if I
lived in a flood zone.

The other obvious one is the power or water being out for hours
because of work being done. It would be handy to know when and
how long it will be out for so you can either be elsewhere if you
need the power or water or not start something like a roast or
baking a fruit cake or bread that will be ruined if the power goes
out half way through the process.