[BC] Do not call list

[Robert Meuser]

a link?????

Alan Kline wrote:
> ------ At 12:21 AM 7/2/2006 -0400, The Most Honourable Xen Scott wrote: -------
>> Verizon offers call intercept to reject calls with invalid or anonymous
>> numbers which helps filter telemarketers to some extent.  Verizon also
>> offers call blocking of specific numbers but this doesn't seem to work
>> with telemarketers apparently because business numbers are exempt.
> 
> Same thing with Qwest...all of the numbers I wanted to block were
> "not available".  So, I "rolled my own"... (see below)
> 
>> My best solution, although not perfect, is to use a Radio Shack model
>> 400 caller ID box which has the ability to reject any call from a list
>> of numbers created by the user.  The limitation is that the phone has
>> to ring twice before the model 400 can identify the call as being on
>> the reject list and play the reject message.  It also means that the
>> telemarketing calls aren't rejected until the number being used is
>> added to the reject list.
>>
>> A better solution would be to allow the caller ID box to reject any
>> call from a designated area code and prefix.
> 
> I recently had a problem with a collection agency coming after
> me about an account that had been settled years ago (don't ask...)
> Naturally, the Qwest call-blocking service wouldn't work with that
> number.
> 
> So, I Googled "call-blocking software", and found a software package
> that is primarily a voice-mail program, but allows blocking of calls
> by specific numbers, or any combination of wild-cards.
> 
> In this case, I figured that the agency which was calling me probably
> had a block of numbers in the same exchange, so I told the program
> to block "777-555-12??".  Anything between 1200 and 1299 will then
> be blocked.
> 
> The program offers several options for blocking. The first is to
> simply hang up the call without any outgoing announcement.  Second
> is an announcement, then hang up.  I like "The mailbox is full."
> Third option plays the telco SIT sound and the authentic "The number
> you have dialed has been disconnected...". Gen-yoo-ine Bell System
> recording--Jane Barbie herself...
> 
> On top of that, one can use the caller-ID recognition in the program
> to customize outgoing messages for specific numbers--my wife and I
> have special messages for our parents and siblings, and my CE got
> a kick out of it when he called once, and the computer answered with
> a message that starts off with our news bumper music.   Took a little
> time playing with Audition, but it was worth it...  It also offers
> up to ten separate mailboxes, so I set up separate boxes for my wife
> and myself.  The cats, however, have to share one.
> 
> The program was about $30, and I had to purchase a voice-enabled
> modem. (And then later I found out that I had to reinstall my old
> modem since my fax program won't talk to the new modem...)
> 
> It's worked very well for us.
> 
> ak
> 
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