I WONDER if other readers are having the same nasty experience with the telephone that we are having.

It is a recurring ringing that goes on and on until we answer and then there is a click and the line goes dead.

If you ring 1471 it gives a mobile number that is connected to a sales line.

It is infuriating when you are waiting for an important call so you are committed to answering.

Is there any way you can advise us how to stop these calls without going to the extreme of becoming unlisted.

For truth to tell, I am at the end of my tether.

I could cheerfully strangle the culprit.

FRANCIS CROSS, Eagle Street, Accrington.