OT: texts to landline phone

[Graham J]

People send texts to my landline. The phone rings, showing its own
number as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice reads the text
to me.

I find this very inconvenient.

Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such
messages?

If this is possible, what would the sender see?

[Allan]

People send texts to my landline.  The phone rings, showing its own
number as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice reads the text
to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?
If this is possible, what would the sender see?

Perhaps
https://community.bt.com/t5/Home-phone-including-Digital/How-to-disable-BT-Text-on-my-landline/td-p/2093796

[Graham J]

Post by Allan

People send texts to my landline.  The phone rings, showing its own
number as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice reads the
text to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?
If this is possible, what would the sender see?

Perhaps
https://community.bt.com/t5/Home-phone-including-Digital/How-to-disable-BT-Text-on-my-landline/td-p/2093796

Thanks.

Does anybody knwo what the sender sees now I have disbled the text facility

[Tim+]

Post by Graham J

Post by Allan

People send texts to my landline.  The phone rings, showing its own
number as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice reads the
text to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?
If this is possible, what would the sender see?

Perhaps
https://community.bt.com/t5/Home-phone-including-Digital/How-to-disable-BT-Text-on-my-landline/td-p/2093796

Thanks.
Does anybody knwo what the sender sees now I have disbled the text facility

Pretty sure they get a recorded voice saying that the number doesn’t accept
text messages.

Tim

[Ken]

Post by Graham J

Post by Allan

People send texts to my landline.  The phone rings, showing its own
number as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice reads the
text to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?
If this is possible, what would the sender see?

Perhaps
https://community.bt.com/t5/Home-phone-including-Digital/How-to-disable-BT-Text-on-my-landline/td-p/2093796

Thanks.
Does anybody knwo what the sender sees now I have disbled the text facility

Pretty sure they get a recorded voice saying that the number doesn’t accept
text messages.

It's a text, so they won't hear any voice. I think the outcome would
be the same as any other text sent to a valid destination that failed
to be delivered.

An alternative approach is to have a handset capable of receiving
texts. If you send a text from it the handset will be registered for
text then messages would arrive and be displayed as text.

Tim

[Tim+]

Post by Ken

Post by Graham J

Post by Allan

People send texts to my landline.  The phone rings, showing its own
number as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice reads the
text to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?
If this is possible, what would the sender see?

Perhaps
https://community.bt.com/t5/Home-phone-including-Digital/How-to-disable-BT-Text-on-my-landline/td-p/2093796

Thanks.
Does anybody knwo what the sender sees now I have disbled the text facility

Pretty sure they get a recorded voice saying that the number doesn’t accept
text messages.

It's a text, so they won't hear any voice. I think the outcome would
be the same as any other text sent to a valid destination that failed
to be delivered.

You’re right. I misremembered. Doesn’t seem to work on my line now but my
phone service is from Zen now.

Tim

[Davey]

On 16 Mar 2022 08:02:55 GMT

Post by Tim+

Post by Ken

Post by Tim+

Post by Graham J

Post by Allan

People send texts to my landline.  The phone rings, showing its
own number as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice
reads the text to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?
If this is possible, what would the sender see?

Perhaps
https://community.bt.com/t5/Home-phone-including-Digital/How-to-disable-BT-Text-on-my-landline/td-p/2093796

Thanks.
Does anybody knwo what the sender sees now I have disbled the text facility

Pretty sure they get a recorded voice saying that the number
doesn’t accept text messages.

It's a text, so they won't hear any voice. I think the outcome would
be the same as any other text sent to a valid destination that
failed to be delivered.

You’re right. I misremembered. Doesn’t seem to work on my line now
but my phone service is from Zen now.
Tim

If you call Zen and ask them about this, I will be interested in their
response, as I have the same experience as you.

[Tim+]

Post by Davey
On 16 Mar 2022 08:02:55 GMT

Post by Tim+

Post by Ken

Post by Tim+

Post by Graham J

Post by Allan

People send texts to my landline.  The phone rings, showing its
own number as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice
reads the text to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?
If this is possible, what would the sender see?

Perhaps
https://community.bt.com/t5/Home-phone-including-Digital/How-to-disable-BT-Text-on-my-landline/td-p/2093796

Thanks.
Does anybody knwo what the sender sees now I have disbled the text facility

Pretty sure they get a recorded voice saying that the number
doesn’t accept text messages.

It's a text, so they won't hear any voice. I think the outcome would
be the same as any other text sent to a valid destination that
failed to be delivered.

You’re right. I misremembered. Doesn’t seem to work on my line now
but my phone service is from Zen now.
Tim

If you call Zen and ask them about this, I will be interested in their
response, as I have the same experience as you.

I emailed them last night. No reply yet but I’ll pass it on.

Tim

[Davey]

On 16 Mar 2022 09:11:12 GMT

Post by Tim+

Post by Davey
On 16 Mar 2022 08:02:55 GMT

Post by Tim+

Post by Ken

Post by Tim+

Post by Graham J

Post by Allan

People send texts to my landline.  The phone rings, showing
its own number as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic
voice reads the text to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?
If this is possible, what would the sender see?

Perhaps
https://community.bt.com/t5/Home-phone-including-Digital/How-to-disable-BT-Text-on-my-landline/td-p/2093796

Thanks.
Does anybody knwo what the sender sees now I have disbled the text facility

Pretty sure they get a recorded voice saying that the number
doesn’t accept text messages.

It's a text, so they won't hear any voice. I think the outcome
would be the same as any other text sent to a valid destination
that failed to be delivered.

You’re right. I misremembered. Doesn’t seem to work on my line now
but my phone service is from Zen now.
Tim

If you call Zen and ask them about this, I will be interested in
their response, as I have the same experience as you.

I emailed them last night. No reply yet but I’ll pass it on.
Tim

Thanks. Up to now, I have just listened to the messages, and if I have
been able to understand them, ignored them anyway, as they seem
irrelevant or duplicate an e-mail. Thankfully it is a very rare
occurrence.

[Graham J]

Davey wrote:

[snip]

Post by Davey
Thanks. Up to now, I have just listened to the messages, and if I have
been able to understand them, ignored them anyway, as they seem
irrelevant or duplicate an e-mail. Thankfully it is a very rare
occurrence.

OP here.

Having disable text receiving on the landline, I tried sending it a text
from my mobile - no error message on mobile having waited 5 minutes.

I will report back if there is any message about non-delivery.

[Graham J]

Post by Graham J
[snip]

Post by Davey
Thanks. Up to now, I have just listened to the messages, and if I have
been able to understand them, ignored them anyway, as they seem
irrelevant or duplicate an e-mail. Thankfully it is a very rare
occurrence.

OP here.
Having disable text receiving on the landline, I tried sending it a text
from my mobile - no error message on mobile having waited 5 minutes.
I will report back if there is any message about non-delivery.

And 5 days later - no message on my mobile to indicate non-delivery of
the text.

[Tim+]

Post by Graham J

Post by Graham J
[snip]

Post by Davey
Thanks. Up to now, I have just listened to the messages, and if I have
been able to understand them, ignored them anyway, as they seem
irrelevant or duplicate an e-mail. Thankfully it is a very rare
occurrence.

OP here.
Having disable text receiving on the landline, I tried sending it a text
from my mobile - no error message on mobile having waited 5 minutes.
I will report back if there is any message about non-delivery.

And 5 days later - no message on my mobile to indicate non-delivery of
the text.

Ditto when I tried it. The thing is, I’m almost certain that when I first
blocked SMSs to my landline, when I tested it I got a message bouncing back
saying that the number didn’t accept SMSs. This was several years ago
though.

Tim

[Davey]

On 21 Mar 2022 10:18:53 GMT

Post by Tim+

Post by Graham J

Post by Graham J
[snip]

Post by Davey
Thanks. Up to now, I have just listened to the messages, and if I
have been able to understand them, ignored them anyway, as they
seem irrelevant or duplicate an e-mail. Thankfully it is a very
rare occurrence.

OP here.
Having disable text receiving on the landline, I tried sending it
a text from my mobile - no error message on mobile having waited 5
minutes.
I will report back if there is any message about non-delivery.

And 5 days later - no message on my mobile to indicate non-delivery
of the text.

Ditto when I tried it. The thing is, I’m almost certain that when I
first blocked SMSs to my landline, when I tested it I got a message
bouncing back saying that the number didn’t accept SMSs. This was
several years ago though.
Tim

That's probably an "improvement" somebody thought would be a good idea.

[MikeS]

Post by Graham J

Post by Allan

People send texts to my landline.  The phone rings, showing its own
number as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice reads the
text to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?
If this is possible, what would the sender see?

Perhaps
https://community.bt.com/t5/Home-phone-including-Digital/How-to-disable-BT-Text-on-my-landline/td-p/2093796

Thanks.
Does anybody knwo what the sender sees now I have disbled the text facility

How about the simple solution? Send the phone number an SMS from your
mobile (or somebody else's) and see what happens.

[Andy Burns]

People send texts to my landline.  The phone rings, showing its own number as
the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice reads the text to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?

call 0800 587 5252
follow the IVR, used to be option 1, 5

[Graham J]

Post by Andy Burns

People send texts to my landline.  The phone rings, showing its own
number as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice reads the
text to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?

call 0800 587 5252
follow the IVR, used to be option 1, 5

Still is, thanks.

[Pamela]

Post by Andy Burns

People send texts to my landline.  The phone rings, showing its own
number as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice reads the
text to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?

call 0800 587 5252
follow the IVR, used to be option 1, 5

Is the sender informed at the time they send that their text won't get
through?

[Bill Borland]

I have seen nothing on either uk.telecom or uk.telecom.broadband for
about a week (my other newsgroups are working normally - all from
Eternal September) - are these groups dead or is something wrong at my
end?

[Andy Burns]

Post by Bill Borland
I have seen nothing on either uk.telecom or uk.telecom.broadband for
about a week (my other newsgroups are working normally - all from
Eternal September) - are these groups dead or is something wrong at my
end?

It's just been quiet, I think

[Peter Johnson]

Post by Bill Borland
I have seen nothing on either uk.telecom or uk.telecom.broadband for
about a week (my other newsgroups are working normally - all from
Eternal September) - are these groups dead or is something wrong at my
end?

No one's got anything useful to say.

[Jeff Gaines]

People send texts to my landline. The phone rings, showing its own number
as the caller, and when I answer a synthetic voice reads the text to me.
I find this very inconvenient.
Is there any way I can configure my landline phone to reject such messages?
If this is possible, what would the sender see?

Get a decent landline 'phone that treats them as texts? Gigaset do a good
range.

[MB]

Post by Jeff Gaines
Get a decent landline 'phone that treats them as texts? Gigaset do a good
range.

The BT DECT phones send and receive texts but I found the service
unreliable so not longer use it.