Re: Does the following landline phone exist?

[Rob Iles <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is Asterisk feasible?

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Rob Iles
Harmony Automation (www.domialifestyle.com)
myBBS (www.mybbs.co.uk)
On 14 Apr 2013 13:04, "Andy" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

> **
>
>
> Does the following landline phone exist?
>
> I get 5+ cold calls per week day. Plus now they are ringing me
Saturday
> and Sunday!
> I'm registered with the telephone preference service. And have been
for
> years. 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
'address
> book' then the phone rings as normal. 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
most
> 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. Please enter your 4 digit PIN".
> For friends and relatives who are ex directory, I would give them
> individual PINs (probably last 4 digits of their phone number). The
PINs
> would be in the phone's 'address book'. 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. E.G. a throw away email
> address.
> Or perhaps ask the caller to enter a default PIN and go straight to
answer
> phone. 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. Only genuine callers will
get
> through. 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
(which 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
> book' etc via my laptop. Plus look at the logs of missed calls (which
> hopefully 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
>
>
>


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