Posted on 12/30/2016 2:46:09 PM PST by rey
How may one block an outgoing number on a cell phone? I have an old ZTE Z222 flip phone from AT&T that I am giving to a granddaughter to use. She has lost her smart phone because she runs up a huge bill. I figure with a simply old fashioned flip phone, the only thing she can do with unlimited calling and texting the only thing she could do to run the bill up is 411 calls at $5 a pop. I want to block 411 calls. I doubt she will make international calls.
I may pull the plug on my land line pretty soon...I just don’t use it, and I am dog-tired of paying for it. Perhaps I’ll check out Consumer Cellular if I can find a cell phone with talk only, no text, e-mail or any of that other BS.
Bingo, we have a winner!!
Thank Hillary Clinton's IT specialists for that tip.
she has shown that she abuses the trust put in her, so why enable more distrust. whether she has a phone should be her parents call. not yours. very few people NEED a phone. if she had a car and her parents took it away would you buy her another one?
why give her a phone at all...There are needs and wants that the parents should decide on
I think under the circumstances you are describing, if that flip phone has a camera she can still run up data charges Buy texting pictures to people.
you win
Just do a prepaid cell phone plan. If the billing goes above, they just shut it down until the next payment is made.
*69 is what I always use
Obviously no one has ever used the magic word on this child, and not just regarding the phone.
NO
As Reagan said,
There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers.
Oops *67 is what we used to use
*67 simply blocks the number from the caller ID on the other end. It does not stop a call from going through. I use it all the time when I am calling somewhere that I do not want them to have my phone number.
“I use a Net 10 phone(flip phone), cost $20.00. I buy a phone card for $25.00 a month and is good for 1000 minutes. I rarely come close to using that many minutes in a month.
I don’t go online at all with it, although you can.
When you run out, you run out and turns off until you refill it.”
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Yup. Same as Tracfone. Got a good cellphone from Tracfone for 10 bucks and a years worth of service for around 50 bucks. Have thousands of unused minutes stored up in it.
“She has lost her smart phone”
as in her parents took it away?
If so Bad Granpa do they know your are circumventing there authority
I don’t own a cell but going S to look at homes and will need to contact realtors etc...Is a TRAC good for those type trips and emergencies??
I imagine you have her parents’ permission to let her use your phone.
I remember my son did the same with 411 for some reason. I believe, if AT&T is like Verizon, you can block certain actions even without the management package. But, if not, that $5 is probably worth it.
I know many do not believe a child needs a cell phone. I know my son did not need one, but I wanted him to have one when he was young. Of course, that was 15 years ago, so smart phones were not an issue, minutes were!
As an aside, my parents still use the flip phone they got over 10 years ago. Still works like a charm.
“whether she has a phone should be her parents call.”
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I missed that part. But, yeah, the parents should at least be asked if they approve of a cellphone as a gift.
If we were talking about a Barbie doll, I’d say “go ahead and spoil the girl”. But phones can get kids and others into a lot of trouble, financially and otherwise. The parents 86ed it for a reason, afterall.
I’d be a mean parent. After such abuse of phone privileges, she’d be phone-less until she could pay for and maintain her own. How is she going to learn responsibility otherwise?
I have the same ATT as I had with ATT but at a fraction of the cost and know that there will be no extras during the month.
I'm guessing that she is a teen and therefore does more texting/data than talking. There are some apps that give you free texting via wifi without a sim card.
If they just want her to have talk, a prepaid plan like the $15/200 minutes a month Net10 is good.
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