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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / May 2005This Sucks. I should have gone to Verizon
Now knowing that I can't block unknown callers makes me more than ever wish I'd gone to Verizon, instead of Cingular. > Now knowing that I can't block unknown callers makes me more than ever > wish I'd gone to Verizon, instead of Cingular. Can you block them on Verizon? I thought they handled them the same. >> Now knowing that I can't block unknown callers makes me more than ever >> wish I'd gone to Verizon, instead of Cingular. > >Can you block them on Verizon? I thought they handled them the same. I believe you can block on Verizon. Not only that, but I think they give you a few more options not evident from their site verizonwireless.com I'm not 100% sure about that, tho. A neighbor has Verizon, and he's started calling, and hiding his id. No problem, except one: I don't answer calls that come in 'unknown'. I know I can hide my id, by prepending *67 to every call I make, or have that prefix stored with every number, in my phone, but why? I can't even program my V551 to give 'unknowns' a silent, instead of a ring. > >> Now knowing that I can't block unknown callers makes me more than ever > >> wish I'd gone to Verizon, instead of Cingular. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I can't even program my V551 to give 'unknowns' a silent, instead of a > ring. There are "silent" ringtones floating around. Many use this to handle unknown calls. Check Verizon very carefully- I really do think its the same over there. SS is correct. All the carriers hangle 'unknown' or 'private' calls the same way. You cannot block them. But you can program your handset to deal with each call individually (i.e. silent ring or other). If you want to hide your number on all outgoing calls to other people, by default, you can call Cingular and they will do that for a nominal fee. Otherwise you can use the code *67 or #31#. >> >> Now knowing that I can't block unknown callers makes me more than ever >> >> wish I'd gone to Verizon, instead of Cingular. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Check Verizon very carefully- I really do think its the same over there. > SS is correct. All the carriers hangle 'unknown' or 'private' calls the > same way. You cannot block them. But you can program your handset to deal > with each call individually (i.e. silent ring or other). My Cingular pals tell me their switch software has the capability to offer call screening, but they have no plans to develop something like the "Privacy Manager" feature available from Southwestern Bell Telephone. Privacy Manager rules!  Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' >SS is correct. All the carriers hangle 'unknown' or 'private' calls the >same way. You cannot block them. But you can program your handset to deal [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >default, you can call Cingular and they will do that for a nominal fee. >Otherwise you can use the code *67 or #31#. Also, many handsets have a menu item for caller display so you can always block CLIP. >>> >> Now knowing that I can't block unknown callers makes me more than ever >>> >> wish I'd gone to Verizon, instead of Cingular. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> Check Verizon very carefully- I really do think its the same over there. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Per Jim Jones: >Now knowing that I can't block unknown callers There's a downside to blocking "unknown" calls: some corporate phone systems make all outgoing calls "Unknown" - So if you're trying to deal with people who work at a place like that, they can't call you if Unknowns are blocked. SignaturePeteCresswell > Per Jim Jones: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > make all outgoing calls "Unknown" - So if you're trying to deal with people who > work at a place like that, they can't call you if Unknowns are blocked. If they aren't smart enough to respond to a unknown caller block, you may not need to speak with them anyway. All my Cingular lines are permanently blocked. When I call someone who has privacy manager or whatever the flavor of the month happens to be, I just redial and preface the call with "*82", my CID is sent, and the call goes through. Very simple. Now that I think about it, I wonder WHY Cingular doesn't offer "Privacy Manager" or its equivalent to their customers. Its parent, SBC, makes money off of the product, with all the worry about telemarketers calling our cell phones, you'd think it would be a natural. >> Per Jim Jones: >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > money off of the product, with all the worry about telemarketers calling > our cell phones, you'd think it would be a natural. More than one of us is wondering about the 'why' part. It seems Cingular would rather spend their efforts in developing their network services into something more lucrative for hi-speed data applications. Heaven forbid they actually care enough about their voice services to offer a wireless version of Privacy Manager. Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' > Now knowing that I can't block unknown callers makes me more than ever > wish I'd gone to Verizon, instead of Cingular. Would you rather block unknown callers and deal with billing mistakes every month? If so, you should have gone to Verizon. -Dave >Now knowing that I can't block unknown callers makes me more than ever >wish I'd gone to Verizon, instead of Cingular. And what makes you think that you can do this with Verizon Wireless? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Now knowing that I can't block unknown callers makes me more than ever > wish I'd gone to Verizon, instead of Cingular. Why are you getting "unknown" callers on the cell phone--are you forwarding a landline to it? The only "unknowns" I get on the cell are legit calls from companies, especially doctor offices, that don't want to publish their numbers--companies that I have "done business with". AFAIK it is still against federal rules (47 USC 227 and 47 CFR 64.1200) for a company to telemarket to a cellular phone and it's THEIR responsibility to validate the number. Complain to the carrier. Also, are you aware that you can list your cell phone number on the national Do Not Call list? If it's on that list it doesn't matter if it's landline or cellular. That's cut down junk calls to my land line so much that I dropped Privacy Manager a couple of months ago. Used to get several a day before getting PM--now maybe one or two a week. SignatureJud Dallas TX USA > > Now knowing that I can't block unknown callers makes me more than ever > > wish I'd gone to Verizon, instead of Cingular. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Jud > Dallas TX USA My company has over a 100 phone extensions. They all show up as Unknown Caller! Same thing with a lot of my customers. The Caller ID feature is a double edged sword. While it provides a measure of privacy, there are many people and companies who have their land lines set to not accept calls with Caller ID Blocked! Get over it! |
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