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Posted by Mike S. on May 3, 2005, 7:11 pm
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>jamesk@4mcs.com wrote:
>> I am reposting this after realizing that comp.dcom.telecom is not the
>> right group for this kind of question. I hope this one is.
>>
>> Is there a home/home office telecom device, eg. answering machine or
>> caller id unit, that allows you to program in numbers to be blocked or
>> to receive a custom message. I would like all other calls to go
>> through as usual.
>>
>> I would even be willing to look at PC software if it was the only/best
>> way.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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>Radio Shack made a CID box that allowed you to block calls, they would
>get a message simular to the reject message that the telephone companies
>offer. I got one in 1999, and still have it. I can block calls that
>the normal rejection service will not. I don't think that they make
>them anymore. Maybe someone will have one they want to sell or knows of
>one like them.
Yep. Have one, and one (still in box) purchased at close-out. A totally
unique implementation which allowed you to blacklist "out of area" as
though it were a phone number too. From what I hear, the manufacturer was
sued for patent infringement over this device and it disappeared forever.
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