0198339100

rang late at night every 5 minutes for 3 calls. i never answered but had answering machine on

Yea i was getting calls from this number say "turn the music down" but it turns it was from my brother who was senting txt messages from his mobile to the home phone XD

Whoever or whatever  this is, it happens every day at least once.
Somehow stored it self as a Caller ID in our phone.
I'll be ringing those useless mugs at telstra to do something about this.
Disable this ridiculous feature or bloody bar that number from ringing ours.

have received many unknown callerid calls from this number. STOP CALLING ME...............

Hey, We have been getting many calls from this number stating they were from microsoft wanting to know the name and address and bank details of the owner of my computer. We even got 7 calls on Good Friday starting at 7 am. To date we have received about 30 calls!!!! NOT HAPPY....

Had this number call me about 6 times in one day, i never answered, finally i did answer and hungup right away.
Haven't had a call from them since.

I have had at least 10 calls today from 0198339100 and it's mothers day.  Have had it happening at random for months but not as much as today. It's not funny. How does anyone stop it....as it seems to be going on for many years now?

I am calling Telstra now...will post what they say :)  Calls our home phone at 11.45pm and again before 7am.  Twelve calls received since last night.

Hey guys..there is an option to selectively reject calls etc - the process is outlined below
- all care taken no responsibility accepted.

Thanks to an friend of mine who works for Optus, for this information.



Selective Call Reject
To turn Selective Call Reject ON:

1.     Lift the receiver and listen for dial tone

2.     Dial *60. You will hear a prompt telling you the status of the service and how many telephone numbers you have on your list.

3.     To turn the service on dial 3.

4.     You will then hear confirmation that the service is now on.

5.     Replace the receiver.

To turn Selective Call Reject off:

1.     Lift the receiver and listen for dial tone

2.     Dial *60. You will hear a prompt telling you the status of the service and how many telephone numbers you have on your list.

3.     To turn the service off dial 3.

4.     You will then hear confirmation that the service is now off.

5.     Replace the receiver.


Selective Call Reject Q & A
Q. Does it cost anything to turn Selective Call Reject on or off?
A. No. You can turn Selective Call Reject on and off as often as you like.
Q. Does it cost anything to add or remove numbers in the list?
A. No. You can add or remove numbers in the list as often as you like.
Q. What happens to people that call me when I have Selective Call Reject active, and they are entered in the list?
A. Any calls that are on your Selective Call Reject list, will hear a recorded announcement telling them that calls are currently restricted to the number they are calling.
Q. Can the Selective Call Reject feature be accessed remotely?
A. No, you can only turn the feature on or off from home.



·  To Add A Number To The List

1.     Lift the receiver and listen for dial tone.

2.     Dial the access code for your selective feature. You will hear a prompt telling you the status of the service and how many telephone numbers you have on your list.

3.     Press #.

4.     Enter the telephone number (including the area code) then press #.

5.     You will then hear the number that you have just entered.

6.     To enter another number, press # again.

7.     Replace the receiver.

·  Enter the area code when you add a number to your list.

·  To enter the telephone number that last called your line dial 01, then #.

·  Private numbers can be entered into the list by using the last number called feature (dial 01).

To Remove A Number From The List

1.     Lift the receiver and listen for dial tone.

2.     Dial the access code for your selective feature. You will hear a prompt telling you the status of the service and how many telephone numbers you have on your list.

3.     Press *

4.     Enter the telephone number (including the area code) to be removed, then press *

5.     You will then hear the number that you have entered.

6.     If this number is correct dial 1. (If it is incorrect, dial 0 and you will return to the main menu.)

7.     You will then hear the number that has been removed.

8.     To enter another number to be removed, press * again.

9.     Replace the receiver.

·  When removing a telephone number from your list, enter the full telephone number (including the area code).

·  You must hear the confirmation message "The number you have removed is XXXX" to ensure that the number has been removed.

·  To remove all telephone numbers on the list, dial 08, then *.

·  To remove private numbers only, dial 09, then *.

To Listen To The Telephone Numbers On The List

1.     Lift the receiver and listen for dial tone.

2.     Dial the access code for your selective feature. You will hear a prompt telling you the status of the service and how many telephone numbers you have on your list.

3.     Dial 1.

4.     You will then hear the numbers on your list.

5.     You will then hear when it is the end of your list.

6.     Replace the receiver.



Can anyone let us know how they went ?

i keep getting calls from this number repeatedly this afternoon. so annoying.

I have been receiving these calls too. 2am!!!!!! Thanks OPTUS "YES" I'm going to try that. Ok has anyone noticed that these talking texts have a different ring tone when they call? Until I can sort this out I have been ignoring them during the day and I take the phone off the hook at night. I have my mobile by the bed (they haven't called that yet) in case a family member or friend calls.

                           Cheers
                               SJ

I have been receiving these calls for some four months now and am realy p****d off. I rang TELSTRA
but got nowhere with them.

After reading all of these messages... came across the most relevant info from Robert (thanks Robert16 Dec 2009)

I also found it's a Telstra Talking text message. - It was my sister - she sent an SMS to my landline by mistake... (didn't know it was possible) If you have a missed call from 0198339100 on your landline phone - Ring 0198339999 to hear the message (and then delete it) End of Story...

If you don't want the service call Telstra on 132203 to disable it...

Cheers!

We have been getting the single tone ring too - I spoke with Telstra - this is due to someone trying to send a talking text message to a landline and your phone is not compatible. To clear the message and stop the single tone ring - you need to ring 0198339999 (very similar to the 0198339100 number) and listen to all the message (s) - work your way to the end and clear all message otherwise phone will continue to keep ringing. You can call Telstra on 132203 and ask them to canel this service for your phone number otherwise it can happen again. (Note the cancellation doesn't happen straightaway - but from midnight)

These settings are provided as information only, and the settings should be confirmed with the local network operator. Inclusion does not confirm that Z-text has been tested on a particular operator’s network. Some networks require registration; this is typically done by sending “register” to a short code. Registration is required so that the service provider knows to deliver incoming messages as text, rather than as speech.

Where more than one incoming number is shown for a country, it is recommended that each of them is included in the incoming message centres. Where more than one outgoing message centre is shown, it may be necessary to register with each one, and then set the outgoing number to the preferred operator.

If any doubt exists as to the exact incoming number, replace the last few digits of the number with *. Used on its own without any preceding digits will cause the Z-text modem to answer all incoming calls, including calls that are not incoming text messages.

It should be remembered that Calling Line Identity must not be withheld, and Caller Identification Display must be enabled.

Clicking on a hyper linked Country will open that service provider's web page for Fixed Line SMS in a new window.

Country    Outgoing number (sending)     Incoming number (receiving)    Registration
              
Australia Telstra    0198339100    0198339100    When first msg sent
Belgium    171700    171701    
Czech Republic Cesky Telecom

         
Denmark    No service     No service     
France     08 09 10 1000    01 41 00 4900    
Germany Anny Way     19001504 Changing to 9003266900    19001504 Changing to 9003266900    Anmeld to 2547
Germany Deutsche Telecom     193010    1930100    Anmeld to 8888
Hungry Invitel     06 41 20 20 20    06 41 20 20 20    BEJELENT (REGISTER) to 8888
Hungry Hungarotel (Protocol not known)

         
Ireland (Republic) Eirecom    17409900    8183651350    When first msg sent
Israel     14974800    36809900    
Italy (Protocol 2)     Not Compatible    Not Compatible    
Malaysia    13188    13188    
Netherlands    06 73 644 444    06 73 644 4440    
Pakistan PTCL     1017    1017    
Portugal    1299900    1299900    
Singapore Singtel     64777915    6477790    
Slovakia Slovak Telecom              
South Africa Telkom     1091969    8810919690    
Spain               
Switzerland Cablecom     435375370    435375370    
Switzerland Swiss SMS Center    9003266900    90032669000    
UK BT     1709 4009    0800 587 5290    Register to 00000
UK Kingston Communications    1709 4009    0800 587 5290    Register to 00000
UK Telewest     1709 4009    0800 587 5290    Register to 00000
UK Bizzyline (see notes)     0911 023 5029     0161 274 5990    When first msg sent
UK NTL    0911 023 5029     see notes

this number shows up on my caller ID on my hands free phone...I also get a huge amount of calls that when I answer there is no one on the other end or they just hang up on me??

im getting constant phone calls on my home line and its silent im fed up with this

Robert is correct! It is telstra txt to voice messagebank. To listen to message and delete or turn the service off etc dial 0198339100

Thanks, this is useful. But we still had no messages, when I called Telstra yesterday, they said they will block any calls coming from this no. to our landline, however didn't mention it was a message service, hence why I'm here.

We got 13 calls yesterday from this no 0198339100. It all sounds very very dodgy, who sends a blank message to a landline.

stop this number from ringing me everytime I pick it up they don't answer and they don't hang up either for about 5 minutes