Re: Does the following landline phone exist?

["severnsource" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI ex directory just means that his number isn't listed in the
directory, =
he can still send CLI if he wishes, either by disabling it for all calls
or=
on a call by call basis. (We are ex directory, but aren't paranoid about h=
iding CLI, so it is sent for all call our calls.)=20

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Andy" <andywhitfield2002@...>
wrote:
>
> Yeah, that is the BT one I saw.  But doesn't allow ex directory
numbers t=
o get through to me.  My father is ex directory, so it is rather important
=
to have this feature.
> Andy
>=20
>=20
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Jon Payne <jgpayne@> wrote:
> >
> > This does some of what you want: =A0http://www.amazon.co.uk/BT-Cordless=
-Machine-Nuisance-Blocking/dp/B00AF83L2Q
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > >________________________________
> > > From: Andy <andywhitfield2002@>
> > >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
> > >Sent: Sunday, 14 April 2013, 13:04
> > >Subject: [ukha_d] Does the following landline phone exist?
> > >=20
> > >
> > >Does the following landline phone exist?
> > >
> > >I get 5+ cold calls per week day.=A0 Plus now they are
ringing me Satu=
rday and Sunday!
> > >I'm registered with the telephone preference service.=A0 And
have been=
for 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 'addr=
ess book' then the phone rings as normal.=A0 I can either pick up or let
it=
go to answer phone.
> > >
> > >2) If the caller ID isn't in the 'address book' or is blank
(as with m=
ost cold calling) then the phone SILENTLY answers the call and plays a
pre-=
recorded 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 t=
hem individual PINs (probably last 4 digits of their phone number).=A0 The
=
PINs would be in the phone's 'address book'.=A0 So when they enter their
PI=
N, the phone would then ring as normal.
> > >
> > >3) Where the caller doesn't have a PIN then a message would
play givin=
g the caller an alternative method of contact.=A0 E.G. a throw away email
a=
ddress.
> > >=A0 =A0 Or perhaps ask the caller to enter a default PIN and
go straig=
ht to answer phone.=A0 Cold callers tend to hang straight up and not leave
=
messages.
> > >
> > >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
ge=
t through.=A0 And if a genuine caller doesn't have a PIN or isn't
programme=
d in the phone's address book' then they can either contact me by email
(wh=
ich I get within 5 minutes on my mobile phone) or perhaps enter a default
P=
IN and leave a message on the answer phone (depending on how I've set up
th=
e phone).
> > >
> > >Ideally the phone should have a USB port so I can set up the
'address =
book' etc via my laptop.=A0 Plus look at the logs of missed calls (which
ho=
pefully 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=
callers to enter a PIN.
> > >So I hope someone knows of a phone that can do all 3 points
above?
> > >
> > >Regards
> > >Andy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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