call blocking phones question

chipp

call blocker phones such as the 8600 - do they still work as call blockers if you have another phone not from the same "family" plugged in to a different socket on the same line? I like my old-fashioned two-piece corded phone, it means I can't accidentally press any buttons while I'm speaking, but I am getting fed up with phone calls from foreign call centres at what I consider to be antisocial hours.

Ian011

You would need the separate trueCall plug-in box for call-blocking and not the BT 8500 or BT 8600 handsets with trueCall built in.

imho

If your using a BT landline they will block spam calls for nothing. You have to log into your BT account and just put the spam number in a box.

Mister_G

I have a normal phone plugged in as well as the 8500. It does ring twice before the 8500 kicks in. We don't find it a problem, but some people may find it annoying.

chipp

imho wrote: »

just log into your BT account and just put the spam number in a box

But more often than not it's number withheld or else a spoofed number that seems to be different each time. You're always playing catch-up. That's why I'm considering a call blocking phone.


BTW I don't have a BT account but it is a BT line (Plusnet).

Gloomendoom

chipp wrote: »

That's why I'm considering a call blocking phone..

You won't regret it. We got one a year or so ago and haven't had a single spam call get through since.