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Long Distance Charge for a Call Received (and Blocked) by My Landline
I had an Amazon package coming in on Aug 7/23 here in Edmonton, AB. The delivery guy phoned ahead at 2:49 PM to see if I was at home when he was close by. Because the call was from an "unknown CID" (no number, just "Amazon Delivery" on the display), my landline (unfortunately) blocked the call. The delivery was then aborted for that day, as confirmed by the related Amazon tracking timeline. Today I got my monthly Telus bill and noticed a very small charge for one minute of long distance from the date and approximate time of the delivery driver's call. The long distance number on the bill was "437 887-2659 TORONTO ON". I'm wondering why I incurred this charge. Edit: My bad. I remember now that I in fact quickly called the blocked incoming call back trying to get hold of the delivery guy to return. I just got an Amazon recorded message and hung up but this must have incurred the charge.40KViews0likes2CommentsGetting Calls That Get Past Call Control But Don't Show Up in the Call Log.
I have Call Control turned on for my landline. It's blocking occasional spam calls according to the call log. Recently, though, I have had a few unrecognized calls get through (that I did not pick up) that do not show up in the Call Control log after they occur - even though Call Control is on. Today's instance for example was from 1-403-620-9884 according to my phone's display (there was no message left) and there was no entry of any sort in the call log matching the time the call occurred. Any ideas as to what is going on?Solved14KViews0likes19CommentsPrepaid Plan Auto Top-ups: "Every 30 Days or When Balance Falls Below $5.00" Choice Implications
I'm wondering if the added specification "....when balance falls below $5.00" with the Telus prepaid plan 30-day auto top-ups account payments helps those of us with a $15 a month plan avoid having to regularly monitor/adjust our payments given the limited auto top-up dollar amount choices Telus provides?2.3KViews0likes2CommentsCall Control Senses the Same Incoming Number at Times Prefixed With a 1- and Other Times Not.
I currently am having to register two versions of some incoming caller numbers in my (limited) accepted list because call control will sometimes register them calling in as 1-NNN-NNN-NNNN and other times calling in as just NNN-NNN-NNNN (where NNN-NNN-NNNN is a match otherwise). Can anything be done about this (other than me paying for an extended accepted list)?1.2KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Incoming Landline Phone Calls That Just Show "Incoming Call" on Call Display and Aren't Missed Calls
Thanks for the informative link! 👍 FYI... the original mystery for me around these occasional calls was that NO number shows up (nothing but an "incoming call" message appears for 10 secs or so). My quite good quality landline does not even register it having happened after the fact - I guess because there is no CID. It was somewhat beyond being one of the usual simple spoofed number calls.22KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Incoming Landline Phone Calls That Just Show "Incoming Call" on Call Display and Aren't Missed Calls
As recommended, I initially tried *69 to get the mysterious incoming call's actual number but the feature wasn't working. Telus chat couldn't resolve THAT issue. I subsequently tried picking up on one of the calls but all I heard was a dial tone. Yesterday, after many months, I tried *69 again and it was working. The call according to this was from 1-604-555-1212. A discussion of this number on site WhoCalledMe.com showed that it's someone trying to get you to phone back. When you do, you are somehow automatically routed to 411 directory assistance and end up charged a small fee for the effort by your phone company. I'm not sure whether this is just a prank or somehow a money making scam. Apparently 555 is an "exchange" (?) number that is not actually in use - except in movies where they want to avoid using any real person's number. And 1212 relates to an information request call (?). Most everyone in the discussion indicated they could block these calls. I will try using my landline's "nuclear" capability to "block incoming calls that have no phone number" as I don't think the device ever sees the above number that Telus tells me about.22KViews0likes3Comments