Re: Does the following landline phone exist?

["Andy" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do you know if it is possible to do the opposite?
Where someone has CLI disabled for all calls, can they enter a number to
en=
able the CLI for just one call?

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "severnsource" <groups@...> wrote:
>
> 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=
hiding CLI, so it is sent for all call our calls.)=20
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Andy" <andywhitfield2002@>
wrote:
> >
> > 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 importan=
t 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-Cordle=
ss-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 Sa=
turday and Sunday!
> > > >I'm registered with the telephone preference service.=A0
And have be=
en 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 'ad=
dress 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=
most cold calling) then the phone SILENTLY answers the call and plays a pr=
e-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=
them individual PINs (probably last 4 digits of their phone number).=A0 Th=
e PINs 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 giv=
ing the caller an alternative method of contact.=A0 E.G. a throw away
email=
address.
> > > >=A0 =A0 Or perhaps ask the caller to enter a default PIN
and go stra=
ight to answer phone.=A0 Cold callers tend to hang straight up and not
leav=
e messages.
> > > >
> > > >The idea is cold callers get answered silently (no
rings, beeps clic=
ks, 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
program=
med 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 'addres=
s book' etc via my laptop.=A0 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 pho=
ne's 'address book' but it doesn't do the second bit of allowing ex
directo=
ry 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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> > > >
> > > >Yahoo! Groups Links
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