Blocking unwanted telesale calls

Seen this on ebay is it any good?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CallBlocker-Bl...QQcmdZViewItem

""www.forensicdatarecovery.co.uk" <"ijb"@ok2" <"remove> wrote in message
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> Seen this on ebay is it any good?
>

Cheaper (free) and easier to register with the Telephone Preference Service.

On 17-Jun-2006, "Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Cheaper (free) and easier to register with the Telephone Preference Service.

Telephone and Mailing Preference Services, both free, work
for me. May take two to three months before the nuisance
calls finally stop, within a month most have stopped.
There are still the occasional Caller ID International, no
details available ones, that say "You have won a fabulous
holiday" who are reluctant to reveal who they really are,
and what the downside of the offer is.

In message <449420b0$0$22110$(E-Mail Removed)>, Beck
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
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>""www.forensicdatarecovery.co.uk" <"ijb"@ok2" <"remove> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Seen this on ebay is it any good?
>>
>
>Cheaper (free) and easier to register with the Telephone Preference Service.
>

Which is fast becoming a complete waste of time. Many of the junk
calls are now originating from international sources.

I find an answerphone and Caller Display works for me. My caller
display box is programmed to indicate programmed friendly numbers with a
green light and the name of the caller so that I pick up immediately
and the answerphone results in many junk calls being abandoned quickly.

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Alan
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"Alan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Which is fast becoming a complete waste of time. Many of the junk
> calls are now originating from international sources.
>
> I find an answerphone and Caller Display works for me. My caller display
> box is programmed to indicate programmed friendly numbers with a green
> light and the name of the caller so that I pick up immediately and the
> answerphone results in many junk calls being abandoned quickly.

Thankfully I have not had a problem but I see how it can be if people are
calling from abroad.

On 17-Jun-2006, Alan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I find an answerphone and Caller Display works for me. My caller
> display box is programmed to indicate programmed friendly numbers with a
> green light and the name of the caller so that I pick up immediately
> and the answerphone results in many junk calls being abandoned quickly.

Excellent idea, but no good if some of your family live abroad and all
you get from Caller Display is INTERNATIONAL

Thus spaketh (E-Mail Removed):
> On 17-Jun-2006, Alan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I find an answerphone and Caller Display works for me. My caller
>> display box is programmed to indicate programmed friendly numbers
>> with a green light and the name of the caller so that I pick up
>> immediately and the answerphone results in many junk calls being
>> abandoned quickly.
>
> Excellent idea, but no good if some of your family live abroad and all
> you get from Caller Display is INTERNATIONAL


Or they route their calls through indirect carriers, as these often display
"INTERNATIONAL" even when the person calling is within the UK.

Though now I only use VoIP I get the full international number displayed.


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> On 17-Jun-2006, Alan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I find an answerphone and Caller Display works for me.
> > My caller display box is programmed to indicate
> > programmed friendly numbers with a green light and the
> > name of the caller so that I pick up immediately and
> > the answerphone results in many junk calls being
> > abandoned quickly.
>
> Excellent idea, but no good if some of your family live
> abroad and all you get from Caller Display is
> INTERNATIONAL

Where are they calling from..? I often get calls from friends in the USA
and Germany and their CLI shows, although sometimes in a somewhat munged
form, i.e. the USA number shows without 001 at the start, i.e. 480xxxxxxx
so I can't use it to return the call, but at least I can see who it is.

Ivor

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> On 17-Jun-2006, Alan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I find an answerphone and Caller Display works for me. My caller
>> display box is programmed to indicate programmed friendly numbers with a
>> green light and the name of the caller so that I pick up immediately
>> and the answerphone results in many junk calls being abandoned quickly.
>
> Excellent idea, but no good if some of your family live abroad and all
> you get from Caller Display is INTERNATIONAL

It's about time they attempted to at least display the country even if
the full CLI is not available for release. That way I could ignore calls
from India and answer ones from countries where I have friends and
relatives.

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Dave
mail da (E-Mail Removed) (without the space)
http://www.llondel.org
So many gadgets, so little time

On 17 Jun 2006, Alan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>My caller display box is programmed to indicate friendly numbers

Sounds like a handy unit. Perhaps you could give the make and model ?

[ Cross-posted to uk.telecom, and Follow-Up set to uk.telecom ]