[EinNYC]

I have an AT&T desk phone. One of the features that really sold me on it was that you can block 1,000 numbers. When I get a call like that, I just push "Block Call" and that's that.

Gosh, I have even gotten occasional calls from a major hotel chain where I once stayed like 10 years ago. Pathetic. I feel everyone's pain with these interrupting bothersome calls. Whatever happened to that government joke, "Do Not Call" list?

[logician2u]

I thought of that too.

Recently, though, I get sometimes back-to-back calls (which I don't answer) with my name and number in the caller ID.

I don't know how they do that, but there's much I don't know about the current phone system, and much I don't like.

Block your own number? Only as a last resort.