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| Thread ID: 47448 | 2004-07-26 23:07:00 | ot/Muting the first 2 rings of a phone | metla (154) | Press F1 |
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| 255596 | 2004-07-26 23:07:00 | Alrighty,i have a person in need of a little help,they have a mentally unbalanced stalker who rings the phone contantly,then hangs up after the second ring,Happens day and night and has been going on for years,police have been involved numerous times as have telecom,and they are back to square one. The person getting harrased is in the medical profession so they can't change there number and have to answer every call no matter what time it rings. So,what they want to do is mute the first 2 rings,any ideas on how to do so? |
metla (154) | ||
| 255597 | 2004-07-26 23:29:00 | Some fancy phones with caller-id can assign different tones to groups of numbers. That might do it if the stalker always uses the same phones to call from. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 255598 | 2004-07-26 23:37:00 | how many rings does it take for caller display to ... display ?? Seems to take my phone 5-6 to show the callers no , then it's "private number" or "line error " 50+% of the time anyway. And how many rings until Telecon can track the callers location down so a few concerned citizens can pay him/ her / it a visit and disable their ability to use a phone ever again ... ?:| | KatiMike (242) | ||
| 255599 | 2004-07-26 23:48:00 | 2 | metla (154) | ||
| 255600 | 2004-07-27 00:06:00 | Telecom and any other telco have traceability from the moment the connection is made, even before a phone rings. It seems strange that this has "gone on constantly for years, day in and day out", something does not ring (pun intended) quite right. Even if the person making the calls used public phones etc, then over the years a pattern would have emerged, which would have enabled him/her to be caught long ago. Still we have only one side of the story and we are not likely to get the side are we. But hope you solve the case metla. |
Tobas (224) | ||
| 255601 | 2004-07-27 00:14:00 | I wonder what muting the first two rings could achieve. So the first two rings are muted, nevertheless the caller is still going to hear two rings, except they will really be ring 3 and ring 4. So what, how does that enable him to be caught? God I would really love to know the logic behind this one :-) |
Curly (487) | ||
| 255602 | 2004-07-27 00:24:00 | I understand the request, because any "muted" rings are only "muted" at the receiver end, the caller hears all of them. However there are no phones available that I know of that suppress the rings in that manner, nor is there a Telecom option. Police can trace such calls, and will do so provided a complaint is lodged. If the caller does not defeat it, caller ID should show the source as well. The caller ID info is contained in the space between the first and second ring cadence in NZ as far as I know. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 255603 | 2004-07-27 00:34:00 | heres a thought.... try a fax machine (one that has a phone built into it) with faxability turned on. the fax won't ring on the first 2 rings tho all the other phones in the house will. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 255604 | 2004-07-27 01:02:00 | It would be very easy to build a simple timing device that would only connect the ringer after 3-4 rings (with variable delay if required) and this would solve the end problem provided only one phone is attached to the line. It gets a bit more complicated with multiple phones, but it is still entirely practicable. It won't help if the caller is waiting for the victim to answer before hanging up though. A permanent solution lies in the Police and Telecom doing their joib properly and cooperating to apprehend the offender. Sounds a little like the caller's identity is already known though, and there may be practical reasons why legal or other preventative action is not appropriate. If the latter applies then the timer is a cheap and simple solution. In what region does the good doctor reside? Relief could be near. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 255605 | 2004-07-27 01:03:00 | > I wonder what muting the first two rings could > achieve . So the first two rings are muted, > nevertheless the caller is still going to hear two > rings, except they will really be ring 3 and ring 4 . > So what, how does that enable him to be caught? > > God I would really love to know the logic behind this > one :-) The caller hangs up after the first 2 rings,the person getting called would live in peace if they didn't hear the first 2 rings . Let me know if i haven't made it simplistic enough for your comprehension . |
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