Re: Does the following landline phone exist?

[Rob Iles <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry - didn't see the other replies before posting.

R.

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On 15 Apr 2013 18:11, "Rob Iles" <rob.iles@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is Asterisk feasible?
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> Rob Iles
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> 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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