Call Block a Phone Number
Screening Calls with a Talking Caller ID Telephone and Visual VoiceMail

At some point in time everyone needs to call block a phone number for one reason or another. It maybe to avoid harassment, nuisance calls, telemarketers or even persistent ex-partners. Many of us would consider phone call blocking an essential feature of all business and home phone systems. To our surprise we discovered that there are only a few cordless phones with call block capabilities.

Phone Call Blocking

Panasonic KX-TG6545B

Telephone caller ID is a prerequisite for any call blocking solution to work. The Panasonic KX-TG6545B is an up market cordless home phone that supports a number of options in addition to basic caller ID. These include the ability to call block a phone number with a busy signal whenever there is a match with numbers on a call ID block list. It's a background process that operates silently without distracting or annoying the cordless phone user. New numbers can be added to the list in seconds.

How to Block Telemarketing Calls

Despite heavy penalties for non-compliance, telemarketing laws are regularly ignored. It's still worth getting listed on the FCC do not call list, but it's also a good idea to take some additional measures as well.

Panasonic Talking Caller ID

It's a tool for screening calls - announcing the names of callers between rings. It can also be used to block telemarketing calls. If a caller's number isn't stored on your phone let the answering machine handle it. It works like an anonymous call blocking mechanism. If the caller's number isn't listed, or if they have blocked their caller ID you have the option of calling them back.

Panasonic KX-TG7534B

Visual VoiceMail

One consequence of using a talking caller ID telephone to screen calls is that your cordless answering machine will get a thorough work out. The hassle of listening to sequential snippets of recorded messages can be avoided by using a cordless phone with visual voicemail. On the Panasonic KX-TG7534B and it's close relatives the feature is called ChoiceMail. From a handset the user can scroll through recorded messages by caller ID without needing to listen to every message.

Summary

The ability to call block a phone number in combination with Panasonic talking caller ID and Visual VoiceMail is a formidable shield against uninvited callers.

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