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when will telus stop callers using a fake phone number
it was announced that all carriers had to have the software to stop phone scammers using other peoples numbers. it is NOT happening here. do you still get scam calls from other peoples phone number...
As I posted earlier, Call Control absolutely is available for landlines and works the same as the mobility version. Info here: https://www.telus.com/en/ab/support/article/call-control-explained
But there does need to be newer and better options. This is a limited and cumbersome way of doing it, for now it will have to work. I'm pretty sure most "non family/friends, and most non related people and businesses (all those not on your 25 list) will not bother typing in an extra number to get through to you.
- Nighthawk
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It's used more often than you think. I run into it at work several times a day when calling customers. Plus if you have Call Control enabled, all the caller has to do is press the requested number ONCE and they're automatically added to a whitelist. You don't have to do it yourself, though you can before they call if you want to.
Not sure why Robokiller doesn't work on Telus, but it might have to do with CRTC/Rules...etc I don't know. I just want to have more autonomous point of use control. Plus finer aggregated control. Robokiller seems to offer these controls but doesn't work in Canada or on Telus. It's pretty cheap at approx $40 for 2 year plan. Hope they get it working, or someone gets a Canada based service working, haven't tried any others.
