Re: Re: Does the following landline phone exist?

[Richard Challis <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andy,

prefix the number with 1470    -
http://btbusiness.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7693/~/141-and-1470

(I know the url is BT business, but it works for domestic)

Cheers

Richard

On 17 April 2013 16:34, Andy <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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 enable 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.)
> >
> > --- 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 important to have this feature.
> > > Andy
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Jon Payne <jgpayne@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This does some of what you want:  http://www.amazon.co.uk/BT-Cordless-Machine-Nuisance-Blocking/dp/B00AF83L2Q
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >________________________________
> > > > > From: Andy <andywhitfield2002@>
> > > > >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > >Sent: Sunday, 14 April 2013, 13:04
> > > > >Subject: [ukha_d] Does the following landline phone
exist?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >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
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >------------------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>


------------------------------------

<*> Join the Automated Home Forums
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/vbulletin/