Re: Does the following landline phone exist?

["Andy" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, that is the BT one I saw.  But doesn't allow ex directory
numbers to =
get through to me.  My father is ex directory, so it is rather important
to=
have this feature.
Andy


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Jon Payne <jgpayne@...> wrote:
>
> This does some of what you want: =A0http://www.amazon.co.uk/BT-Cordless-M=
achine-Nuisance-Blocking/dp/B00AF83L2Q
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> > From: Andy <andywhitfield2002@...>
> >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
> >Sent: Sunday, 14 April 2013, 13:04
> >Subject: [ukha_d] Does the following landline phone exist?
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> >
> >Does the following landline phone exist?
> >
> >I get 5+ cold calls per week day.=A0 Plus now they are ringing me
Saturd=
ay and Sunday!
> >I'm registered with the telephone preference service.=A0 And have
been f=
or years.=A0 But doesn't stop the buggers!
> >
> >So I'm looking for a landline phone that can do the
following.......
> >
> >For INCOMING calls....
> >1) If the incoming call has a caller ID and it is in the phone's
'addres=
s book' then the phone rings as normal.=A0 I can either pick up or let it
g=
o to answer phone.
> >
> >2) If the caller ID isn't in the 'address book' or is blank (as
with mos=
t cold calling) then the phone SILENTLY answers the call and plays a
pre-re=
corded message along the lines of "Your number has not been
recognised.=A0 =
Please enter your 4 digit PIN".
> >=A0 =A0 For friends and relatives who are ex directory, I would
give the=
m individual PINs (probably last 4 digits of their phone number).=A0 The
PI=
Ns would be in the phone's 'address book'.=A0 So when they enter their
PIN,=
the phone would then ring as normal.
> >
> >3) Where the caller doesn't have a PIN then a message would play
giving =
the caller an alternative method of contact.=A0 E.G. a throw away email
add=
ress.
> >=A0 =A0 Or perhaps ask the caller to enter a default PIN and go
straight=
to answer phone.=A0 Cold callers tend to hang straight up and not leave me=
ssages.
> >
> >The idea is cold callers get answered silently (no rings, beeps
clicks, =
etc) and I don't get interrupted by them.=A0 Only genuine callers will get
=
through.=A0 And if a genuine caller doesn't have a PIN or isn't programmed
=
in the phone's address book' then they can either contact me by email
(whic=
h I get within 5 minutes on my mobile phone) or perhaps enter a default
PIN=
and leave a message on the answer phone (depending on how I've set up the =
phone).
> >
> >Ideally the phone should have a USB port so I can set up the
'address bo=
ok' etc via my laptop.=A0 Plus look at the logs of missed calls (which
hope=
fully will be all cold callers!).
> >
> >I think BT do a phone that only rings if the caller ID is in the
phone's=
'address book' but it doesn't do the second bit of allowing ex directory c=
allers to enter a PIN.
> >So I hope someone knows of a phone that can do all 3 points above?
> >
> >Regards
> >Andy
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
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