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[tvordlj]

My mobile just rang. Wrong number. Had one yesterday too. I've had more wrong numbers on that thing in the 2 and a half months i've had it then i think i get at home in a year. Well that doesn't count all those times the phone rings and there's nothing there, not a person, just dead air. I think that happens from a computer call or a call center i'm told. Usually the answering machine gets them in the daytime. Or people just realize it's the wrong number when they hear the answering machine message and just hang up. If you know me and y ou get the answering machine, DON'T hang up! Just say your name even if you hate machines lol Now that i don't have call display on my mobile, i don't even see the number or the name if it's in my phone book. That's annoying. I may get that put back on even if it's a paid service. At least i can see the numbers then. (Update, have gone online and added call display and it works! Yay!)

Then there's people that leave their mobile phones on their desk and go off somewhere. And it rings. and rings. Over and over. Because it's her kids trying to ask her something that they absolutely can't wait for. even though it's never an emergency. And they keep trying every 2-3 minutes or less.

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[sendingsmiles.livejournal.com]

S funny - i've been recently rethinking my decision of delaying my cell-phone purchase, cause there's been a few instances where I say to myself - sheesh, wish I had one right now. But then other times, I like the fact that I have time to myself, when NO ONE can reach me...

Any hints/suggestions on who to go with/not go with ?

I had call display put on my house phone for a total of 5 days. Drove me crazy. whereas before, i would answer the phone when it rang (or not, if I couldn't get to it, didn't want to get to it), but when I had call display, I would run to the phone, check the number (??) and then answer. Like, what difference does it make? Drove me crazy !

[cereswunderkind.livejournal.com]

"Number withheld" tells you it's a junk call.

[tvor.livejournal.com]

I can also block my phone's number if i want so it would show up like that. I can't think of anyone i would want to stalk or anyone i wouldn't want to have my number. It can still be tracked through the phone company anyway.

[tvor.livejournal.com]

I don't have any extra services on my home phone, not even call waiting which i detest. I think it's useful on the mobile though especially for missed calls and i do get a lot of wrong numbers. I went with Rogers which seemed to have a decent basic plan. I have the one that costs $20 a month (which ends up being 30 after connection and taxes) and i get 250 weekday minutes and free evenings and weekends. Sympatico may bundle your mobile with your regular phone service i suppose but i had originally thought the phone i bought in Britian would work here but i didn't get the right kind. And the phone is locked to the provider over there anyway as is my phone here. No big deal. I'm over in the UK enough that it is worth having a phone that works there.

Who to avoid? i think Telus are not quite as good as Rogers and Aliant. Not quite as good coverage. Rogers and Aliant both say they have the best coverage. There are dead zones with both. Coverages across Canada, Aliant is linked to Bell mobility and Rogers is national as well as with ATT so i guess just see what plans are available and decide from there. I went with the most basic plan they had.

I also have Primus for long distance and that hooks up to my mobile as well. I just dial a local number first and then the number. Dead cheap.