On 16/05/2019 10:01, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Wed, 15 May 2019 17:27:56 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

On 15/05/2019 12:29, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Wed, 15 May 2019 07:13:24 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

My elderly neighbour was complaining about nuisance calls. I said I'd
register them with the Telephone Preference Service, but I find
they're already registered. I presume this means that the bulk of
their nuisance calls are coming from overseas, although I'm also with
the TPI and get very few, just the occasional broadband cut-off scam,
as do my neighbours.

Is there an alternative or addition to the TPS that also blocks
overseas nuisance calls?

Dump the landline. Even then, scammers are starting to call mobiles.

Also a bit problematic is that is how your broadband arrives...

There's no law that you have to use the POTS you get with broadband.

Indeed there is not, and there are also a few BB technologies that don't
actually require a phone line anyway. However for many the deal is
structured to encourage you to take the package of BB + Phone +
whatever, and since you have now in effect "paid" for the phone, it
makes less sense to pay for it again elsewhere.

I'm with virgin who bizarrely make it cheaper to have POTS+TV+BB than
standalone BB. But the phone hasn't been plugged in for 4 years.

Personally I would not want to be without my landlines... better voice
quality, lower latency, integration with my PABX, and they circumvent
the somewhat ropey mobile signal here (i.e. it works, but only in some
places in some rooms of the house).

--
Cheers,

John.

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