How to Block Phone Calls
To Your Land Line Phone Service

Just about everyone with a land line phone service wants to know how to block phone calls. It maybe to stop telemarketing calls, calls from an ex, or just nuisance phone calls in general. Providing you have caller ID it's simple, but CID simply tells you who is calling. What most of us want is to stop them from calling. Fortunately there is an innovative solution that can be used to stop even the most persistent nuissance callers in seconds.

Call Blocking Phones

Panasonic's latest DECT 6.0 Plus phones have a quick and simple mechanism to stop unwanted calls. To call block a phone number can be done in a second. Once a number is blocked all calls from that number are greeted with an engaged signal. Should you change your mind it's just as easy to unblock a number.

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Alternatively text-to-speech technology or talking caller ID can announce the name or nickname of a caller. You can then decide whether or not you want to speak with the caller or have the answering system handle it.

Yet another feature supported by the latest Panasonic cordless phones is "Silent Mode." It enables users to program nominated handsets so that they don't ring between specified hours. A flashing light gives notification of incoming calls, but the ringer is silent. If not picked calls can be handled by the answering system.

VoIP Home Phone Service

While traditional land line companies can block calls from nominated numbers, it's a performance. For a start you need to get beyond the automated answering systems to speak with a human. If you hang on long enough they will transfer you to someone else or another answering service. One of the many great things about internet phone services is that consumers can directly update the numbers on a call blocking list. There is no need to speak with anyone at the phone company. Just key in the numbers or prefixes online. It's easy to add, delete or change them whenever required.

Siemens cordless VoIP phones also provide the ability to block numbers. While appearing little different from any other cordless telephone, they are loaded with smarts enabling users to automate call handling and reduce the cost of phone services.

Summary

In deciding on how to block phone calls, we would recommend that you go with an option that gives direct control over adding, changing and deleting telephone numbers on a blocking list. The last thing anyone needs after a series of nuisance phone calls is to try getting quick service from a phone company.

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