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land line home phone goes straight to voicemail on iPhone 16 instead of ringing on the phone. I am also missing calls from businesses
Check your settings at Settings > Apps > Phone:
Since a phone number calling you is a phone number whether from a landline or cellphone, your phone cannot know which is which. But you could have Silence Unknown Callers turned on? You could be using Call Screening Features, if you are updated to iOS 26.
Settings > Apps > Phone > Screen Unkown Callers and Call Filtering - choose the options which best meets your needs.
iPhone 16 sends land line calls directly to voicemail but mobile numbers ring through
