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canetoad

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5. I've never heard

Reply to LogDog75 (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 05:33 PM

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Of these phones where the caller dials a number. I keep my landline for various reason and have left the standard, auto voice message on the answer machine which puts a lot of annoyance callers off. Caller ID weeds out more of them. Unfortunately I suspect I miss the occasional call which is no biggie but would love to have one of these phones but don't know if they are available here in Oz.

Do you have a link to one of these, even in the US - it will give me an idea of the name and terminology so I can search locally. TIA

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Don't know if this is the proper forum, harrassing phone calls [View all] bucolic_frolic Tuesday OP

The landline is a piece of tech that is just broken. My Mom insisted on keeping a landline so we hooked FSogol Tuesday #1

AI is doing the dialing these days, and even faking voices. usonian Tuesday #2

i use Whatsapp and Signal for some phone calls Tetrachloride Tuesday #3

Buy a new phone with answering machine that requires the caller to enter a number to connect to you LogDog75 Tuesday #4

I've never heard canetoad Tuesday #5