Calling from the intercom or ?

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SamKahn
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Calling from the intercom or ?

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Did he call from the intercom or did he call with the intercom ?

Some one called to open the door .
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Seems to me that both are "possible". But I believe the idiomatic form would be:

Did he call on the intercom?

For example, you call people ON the phone.
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No , it is about calling on my phone with another device.
The fedex guy called me using the intercom outside my building .
How will you put it ?
Did he call from the intercom on my cell phone?
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He called my cellphone from the intercom.
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