I've just had a _Very_ odd one (standard landline). [Around this time of
the morning seems to be the peak time for such calls.]
'Phone rang, and I picked it up, and as usual didn't say anything for a
few seconds; sure enough, it rang off. So far, so normal.
So, as usual, I rang 1471, expecting the usual "telephone number\ xxx\
called at\ 10:20 hours this morning. To return the call ..."
(where xxx is either an 07 number, an 000 number, or an 01 number [often
my local area].)
Instead, I got "telephone number\ called at\peeep" - i. e.:
* the number was "" - nothing
* 1471 actually rang off at the point it would normally tell me the time
of the call.
This is repeatable.
Dialling 1572-1 as usual gives "last answered call, from an unknown
caller. Sorry, this calller cannot be ...".
[Normally, 1471 gives a number, presumably spoofed, but 1572-1 - which
would let me add the number to a blocked list - gives "unknown". I don't think I've ever succesfully added a number to my blocked list.]
On Mon 05/01/2026 10:33, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
I've just had a _Very_ odd one (standard landline). [Around this time of
the morning seems to be the peak time for such calls.]
'Phone rang, and I picked it up, and as usual didn't say anything for a
few seconds; sure enough, it rang off. So far, so normal.
So, as usual, I rang 1471, expecting the usual "telephone number\ xxx\
called at\ 10:20 hours this morning. To return the call ..."
(where xxx is either an 07 number, an 000 number, or an 01 number [often
my local area].)
Instead, I got "telephone number\ called at\peeep" - i. e.:
* the number was "" - nothing
* 1471 actually rang off at the point it would normally tell me the time
of the call.
This is repeatable.
Dialling 1572-1 as usual gives "last answered call, from an unknown
caller. Sorry, this calller cannot be ...".
[Normally, 1471 gives a number, presumably spoofed, but 1572-1 - which
would let me add the number to a blocked list - gives "unknown". I don't
think I've ever succesfully added a number to my blocked list.]
PoI: 1572 will only allow you to block 50 numbers - something that they
don't advertise - so we got a Panasonic DECT kit which can block 1000!
The Panny only requires a caller to enter a number to get past the block
but at least it stops all of the computer generated 'test' calls like
you got!
On 2026/1/5 12:49:8, Woody wrote:
On Mon 05/01/2026 10:33, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
I've just had a _Very_ odd one (standard landline). [Around this
time of the morning seems to be the peak time for such calls.]
'Phone rang, and I picked it up, and as usual didn't say anything
for a few seconds; sure enough, it rang off. So far, so normal.
So, as usual, I rang 1471, expecting the usual "telephone number\
xxx\ called at\ 10:20 hours this morning. To return the call ..."
(where xxx is either an 07 number, an 000 number, or an 01 number
[often my local area].)
Instead, I got "telephone number\ called at\peeep" - i. e.:
* the number was "" - nothing
* 1471 actually rang off at the point it would normally tell me
the time of the call.
This is repeatable.
Dialling 1572-1 as usual gives "last answered call, from an unknown
caller. Sorry, this calller cannot be ...".
[Normally, 1471 gives a number, presumably spoofed, but 1572-1 -
which would let me add the number to a blocked list - gives
"unknown". I don't think I've ever succesfully added a number to
my blocked list.]
PoI: 1572 will only allow you to block 50 numbers - something that
they
Not, in practice, of great concern to me: I don't think I've managed
to block _one_ number yet!
As I've said before, the fact that 1471 "shows" a number (presumably CLI-showing 'phones would too) but 1572-1 says "unknown", should make
the automatic detection (and thus blocking) of such calls a fairly
trivial matter, but no telco was going to expend the necessary effort
unless compelled to do so - even _before_ end-of-POTS came over the
horizon. (I imagine _no_ improvements to POTS will happen now, in fact probably not even repairs.)
don't advertise - so we got a Panasonic DECT kit which can block
1000!
Presumably that _would_ work on "last number that called", using the
(faked) CLI. (I don't know if they re-use the faked numbers, so not
sure it'd actually do much.)
The Panny only requires a caller to enter a number to get past theI find a few seconds of not saying anything usually suffices.
block but at least it stops all of the computer generated 'test'
calls like you got!
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