how can i stop all these silent calls i get on my landline phone

i keep getting calls on there and they wont talk and keep calling , i block their number and they still call, im getting to the point where i cant even go to the bathrm and they call, i reported it to the donotcall list im on but they still call, any suggestions? i take off the phone when im sleeping, i answer it thinking it could be something important, will not answering it help me get less calls? do i need to report it to the police?

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DunningKruger · 61-69, M

1. Don't answer the phone unless you know the number. You may need to get a different phone if it's a landline.

2. Get rid of your landline and just use a cellphone. Either iOS or Android have features that allow you to block certain number, limit the times you can be notified and so on. Yes, I still get spam calls, but not that often.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@DunningKruger At least some landline services provide blocking but probably as an extra, and certainly with a telephone made to work with such features. A plain telephone will not have such features.

I am on BT and bought a 'phone that would allow such filtering, caller-number display and other auxiliaries but when I found it needed plugging into a mains power-supply unit left on all the time, and have to buy an extension to the service for these features to work, I put it back in the box. I keep meaning to advertise it for sale, in the local paper.

The unsolicited calls are a nuisance but neither they nor my landline telephone cost me extra to the broadband service fees, so I am not going to waste money on electricity and service-extensions just to stop a few nuisance calls !

I have never received spam calls or messages on my portable 'phone, but that may be because it is a very simple one, not linked to the Internet, and I use it too infrequently for the criminals to have spotted it!