lobotiger wrote:I'm a little curious on how things work for cases when you get prank calls or want to report on such calls?
Basically, you can't report them to FPL--unless the caller is using Fibernetics' services to make prank calls. Fibernetics/FPL is unlikely to care otherwise because FPL is not the source of the problem.
In the old days you pressed zero and talked with an operator. With this service, is that the way it's still done?
No.
Keep in mind that Fibernetics, Freephoneline's parent company, makes money from termination fees from incoming calls, from outside its network, to its network. It's not in FPL's interests to be blocking incoming calls.
The more incoming calls they receive, the more money they make.
Ideally I wouldn't mind just blocking the number but I don't believe it's possible with the service or my PAP2T.
I've mentioned to you how to block specific phone numbers before using your ATA: click
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19047&p=74748#p74746. This method drops incoming calls directly
to FPL's voicemail. That's the same method as what Jake just mentioned.
Obihai ATAs (found at Newegg.ca) offer more methods of dealing with telemarketers by allowing users to route their calls elsewhere (I also mentioned this to you before if you click the link). You can refer to pages 23 and 24 of the PDF guide located over here:
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=18805&start=25#p74882. The calls are still answered on FPL's network, which satisfies what FPL/Fibernetics wants, but when scammers call me, their calls are not dropped to FPL's voicemail.
If I spoke with someone who could trace the call to identify the real device's number/IMEI or whatever, at least then I could contact their provider and try to get them to stop.
You can do carrier lookups here:
https://www.twilio.com/lookup. Then you could complain to the carrier.
But if the incoming CallerID number is spoofed, which is common with telemarketers, then that's useless because you're checking a fake number.
Also, the following information comes from
http://forums.redflagdeals.com/freephon ... #p26665251"You could add yourself to the Do Not Call list:
https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/insnum-regnum-engAnd then you could file complaints to the CRTC when you receive telemarketing calls.
However, the do not call list is often considered a joke because it's a convenient location for foreign telemarketers to collect everyone's phone number. And they'll just spoof outgoing phone numbers and call you constantly. You can also reasonably ask yourself why this happened if the National DNCL list works and where people's phone numbers were obtained:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/info_sht/t1039.htm.
If you do get scammers calling you, reporting them via
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams-fraudes/rep-sig-eng.htm is typically the better option instead of reporting stuff to the DNCL or the CRTC. Keep in the mind that reporting will not necessarily stop your phone from ringing either.
Also visit
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams-fraudes/index-eng.htm.