Luckily, I have a service on my landline phone that will have the name of the facility trying to contact me, even if it's a 800 number/private number...it's very rare for me to get a call without my caller ID recognizing who the caller is. Today I recieved a number with a 702 area code, but it said "Card Services" so I didn't want to answer it. I tried calling it from my cell phone (since I have the option to hide my number when calling people I don't want to call me back) just to see who exactly it was, and the operator came on. "Sorry, your call can not be completed at this time. Please try your call again later." How does this happen? I called the number back no more then 2 minutes after they called me. I work in directory assistance, and I thought I knew "phone dilemmas" pretty well. I guess not. Anyone know?
2006-11-28 06:37:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Land Phones
The number ID may be the identifying number of a block of numbers in a DOD block. Which means the number refers only to outgoing lines from a location. Any attempt to dial in on that number or its associated block of numbers would get a no service type of answer.
It could also mean that the computerized phone service is generating so many calls that the lines are all tied up, with or without DOD blocks.
2006-11-28 06:43:09 · answer #1 · answered by Aggie80 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people now spoof their numbers, giving a random number rather than their own. That's why you sometimes get numbers like 000-000-0000
2006-11-28 07:47:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ghosts.
2006-11-28 06:45:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋