What if my loved one is in trouble and is tired, upset, drunk, unorganized or maybe has just "fallen and can't get up" and can't find the PIN ? I don't want to make it a pain in the ass for the people I want calling me to call me !
It seems like it would be so easy to make a phone like I described, I'm really surprised they don't make them. If I were more a paranoid person I'd say it was a DMA conspiracy.
Almost without fail, calls that show up as "PRIVATE" are loved ones with unlisted numbers that I want to talk to. Calls that show up as "UNAVAILABLE" or "OUT OF AREA" are always telemarketers. The problem with verizon's service is that it blocks both.
What I wouldn't give for a caller id phone that would ring for private and not unavailable. Maybe I should just buy a caller id modem and code the damn thing myself.
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What if my loved one is in trouble and is tired, upset, drunk, unorganized or maybe has just "fallen and can't get up" and can't find the PIN ? I don't want to make it a pain in the ass for the people I want calling me to call me !
It seems like it would be so easy to make a phone like I described, I'm really surprised they don't make them. If I were more a paranoid person I'd say it was a DMA conspiracy.
Almost without fail, calls that show up as "PRIVATE" are loved ones with unlisted numbers that I want to talk to. Calls that show up as "UNAVAILABLE" or "OUT OF AREA" are always telemarketers. The problem with verizon's service is that it blocks both.
What I wouldn't give for a caller id phone that would ring for private and not unavailable. Maybe I should just buy a caller id modem and code the damn thing myself.
yes... but only if you can endure trying to code with the same elevator music coming out of your speakerphone for an HOUR !