It began a hun'ed years ago when I had my own phone.  Yeah, AT&T wired 
into my room at the Goodrich Club. (<= more on the Coop anon)  One of 
the slimline types.  Lit up when you took the receiver off hook.

First thing I did was run a length of masking tape around the bell.  
Instead of that gawd-awful RING  RING  RING ... all  it would do is 
quietly Trrrrrrreble.  And it was as a rule hidden under the bed.  So  
what's the deal with that?  You have a phone, why not make the mose of 
it.

BECAUSE it is my telephone, yes I rent it from AT&T, but I get to 
choose who and when I want to use it.  Very quickly I learned about 
the hold that Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) has with regards  to 
telephones.  I recognized this phenomenon very early in my 
technological development and set the *RED FLAG* on any device or 
behavior that raised the FOMO.

All that to say, same goes for cell phones, sip phones, voip, etc.

peace