Cox Call History

At least you can look at your call history to see that nothing has been posted to it.  It's been 3 months since my call history has worked despite several emails and postings to the forum.  Brace yourself.

If I'm watching TV when I receive a call, "TV Caller ID" displays available caller information on my TV screen too.  In addition, "Call Logs" can display a list of incoming calls since the last time the DVR was booted.  That last feature may just be available with Cox TV.  Does Contour have it?

The entry for a call I just made showed up in "Voice Tools" "Call History" 11 minutes later.  That was outbound and yours was inbound.  But, the difference in delay is more likely affected by the current state of Cox's network.  Does it always take hours for your call entries to show up?

My phone stores available caller identification with the date and time of incoming calls.

I still have a CIDCO device between the modem and phone that provided caller information when I was using my old 20th century phone.  I've had it so long that I don't remember where I got it.  A light flashed after a call was received and it stored information for the last 60 incoming calls.  I stopped replacing batteries for it, but the thing still worked when I quit using it.

Then there's voice mail for callers who choose to leave a message.  That's mostly been election campaign robocalls lately.  The machines are talking to each other.

That's six potential ways to know who called.  I don't answer my phone unless caller ID shows it's someone I know or I'm expecting a call.  Since I usually don't answer my phone, it's set to ring twice and go to voice mail.  If I'm not by a phone when a call is received, I'll call back if it's a friend.  Otherwise, I may call back if they leave a message, but only if I want to talk to them.

I don't get many spam calls, less now that the elections are over.  But that's a different post.