BT Call blocking phones

emmy05

i dont know where to put my rant, so ive just come to this one, i keep having calls from this number 001881385138 and im getting really fed up repeating myself telling them that whoever they want is not on this number, but each time i start to say that theyve said they will take details off, they just cut the line. i dialled it today, and its an operated message telling me that its not a toll free number outside the united states, i dont want to pay for blocking numbers, although i havent rung sky yet to see if they charge, but the increasing times i get called, is just bloody annoying! lol

JJ_Egan

Well not much you can do if you don't want to pay .
The calls usually die off after a while but they have sold your number on as a live person at the end of the line .

emmy05

i know, such a nightmare though really

JJ_Egan

BT 8500/8600 phone stops most of them .

r2015

I got caller display from Virgin and thought it was great as I could block calls from specific numbers on my BT6500 phone and never be bothered again.

How wrong I was.

These devious people keep changing their number.
Same company but their number keeps changing.

I have filled up the 10 spaces my phone has.

I have blocked all unknown and not shown numbers.

Though it is fascinating to watch the display show a blocked number and not have the phone ring:rotfl:

JJ_Egan

BT 8500 or 8600n are far better .

r2015

BT 8500 or 8600n are far better

I know but I don't want to replace 4 perfectly good phones.

Ian011

That's why anything that is based purely on CLI is doomed to failure.

Additionally, by blocking all withheld numbers you will have blocked calls from doctors, hospitals and police and other people that you might want to hear from.

The only method that truly works is the trueCall system which issues a verbal challenge to unapproved callers and your phone doesn't ring until they complete the challenge. This is the system that is built into the BT8500 and BT8600 'Call Guardian' phones.

System

I have the same phones i block all numbers except those in my vip list [family/doctor/work] Everything else goes straight to answerphone.

brewerdave

CHRISSYG wrote: »

I have the same phones i block all numbers except those in my vip list [family/doctor/work] Everything else goes straight to answerphone.

....but as in the previous post, many public bodies withhold numbers -our local major hospital and my doctor's surgery certainly do.
And from personal experience, many secretaries/receptionists will not leave messages on ansaphones!!