[PLUG-TALK] Incoming phantom cell calls

[Denis Heidtmann]

wes wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com 
> <mailto:keithl at kl-ic.com>> wrote:
> 
>     In the 6 weeks since I got my new cell phone from Consumer
>     Cellular (which is a reseller for ATT), I have received
>     about 4 incoming calls that were not real.  Nobody at that
...
> I have had a lot of people call me unintentionally, but since I keep my 
> phones with me at all times, I can tell when this is happening. I'll 
> answer and hear background noise, but no one responds when I answer.
> 
> My general rule is: no voicemail? no call back.
> 
> -wes

It seems if the calls were due to inadvertent pushing a button on the callers' 
phones, Keith would have experienced the same thing with his land line.  So I 
suspect that his suspicions are closer to the correct explanation.

-Denis