RE: Re: Meteor Software

["Stuart Booth" <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

On 2 Jun 2002, at 2:00, Mick Furlong wrote:

> Interesting point...
> 
> I think a number of us like to be contactable but also want our
> privacy
> 
> with a meteor or something similar it is possible to implement
call
> screening to an extent...this is not really possible with a mobile
so
> if my parents (for example) want to contact me at unsociable hours
> then they only have the option of my home phone as my mobile is
> switched off due to work related idiots who think I am available
24/7.

I'd like to be able have the phone system kick into silent/no-ring 
mode once I go to bed. I simply do not get up to answer the phone 
once I've retired for the night. The ability to answer a call and play 
a "please call again at a more appropriate time" message would
be quite nice. Not sure if I'll need a voice modem for this sort of 
thing though.

> I think that caller id should be mandatory (for all but a few
> exceptions) and I would like a mobile that has an automated call
> screening facility.

Agreed. I find the Withheld calls frustrating. Was it Bob, Neil or 
Graham that just called? Or some double glazing sales folk?

When I was reading around on Meteor interfacing I came across a 
web site that mentioned, och, a system with some TLA I can't 
remember now, that if implemented by BT, would allow me to 
block number-withheld calls automatically.

I guess an alternative would be a phone answering setup tied in 
with CallerID recognition that automatically plays a "Please call 
back with your number available" message. I don't know if such 
s/w exists. But it would be fun to write.

You know, my current fascination with this sort of stuff almost 
puzzles me as I am simply *not* a heavy phone user (except for 
calling up the Internet ! I'm not a h/w guy and wiring, chasing 
walls, electrics ... that I struggle with ... s/w is more my bag.

Stuart

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Stuart Booth
Somewhere in Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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