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Posted by on October 20, 2006, 11:29 am
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Somebody out there MUST have written the most requested application for
the Vonage platform: call-blocking of anonymous and specified calling
numbers, including wildcard ranges such as 555-***-****. I'm a new
Vonage customer and I am astonished to find that this feature isn't
available from Vonage, despite years of customer demands.
The only effective solution I've found so far is a standalone device
that costs about $100.
http://www.privacycorps.com/products/?id=20
Some developer could make hay duplicating its features as a router
firmware upgrade or other type of software add-on.
Please contact me via email (david_hakala at comcast dot net) if you
have what I'm seeking or know who does.
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Posted by Scott Moseman on October 20, 2006, 12:06 pm
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I know I've requested that feature from them. It must be easy to do.
I'm guessing they don't want to deal with an increase in support calls
due to people goofing up block lists, blaming block lists for missed
calls, or whatever else they can come up with.
You could always install a free IP PBX at home. :-) Cheaper than $100
but obviously takes far more resources and a large learning curve.
Thanks,
Scott
NoPoliticalCalls@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Somebody out there MUST have written the most requested application for
> the Vonage platform: call-blocking of anonymous and specified calling
> numbers, including wildcard ranges such as 555-***-****. I'm a new
> Vonage customer and I am astonished to find that this feature isn't
> available from Vonage, despite years of customer demands.
>
> The only effective solution I've found so far is a standalone device
> that costs about $100.
>
> http://www.privacycorps.com/products/?id=20
>
> Some developer could make hay duplicating its features as a router
> firmware upgrade or other type of software add-on.
>
> Please contact me via email (david_hakala at comcast dot net) if you
> have what I'm seeking or know who does.
>
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Posted by Wolfgang S. Rupprecht on October 20, 2006, 12:39 pm
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NoPoliticalCalls@gmail.com writes:
> Somebody out there MUST have written the most requested application for
> the Vonage platform: call-blocking of anonymous and specified calling
> numbers, including wildcard ranges such as 555-***-****. I'm a new
> Vonage customer and I am astonished to find that this feature isn't
> available from Vonage, despite years of customer demands.
Does VONAGE allow you to use your own equipment? When I last looked
the answer was "no way".
> The only effective solution I've found so far is a standalone device
> that costs about $100.
I use Asterisk and a connection via www.teliax.com, and am no longer
plagued by all the dirtbags calling up during dinnner time trying to
sell crap, beg for donations etc. The trick I found that works the
best is to set asterisk up to ask for the extension number to forward
the call to or press "For Fred press 1, for Ethyl press 2, if you are
a telemarketer press 3"). The obvious happens when the press 3 - they
get a short message and the call is forcefully terminated. So far
most of the telemarketer calls seem to hit the timeout because their
automatic call device isn't smart enough to parse the spoken
announcement and then press the correct number.
It is a pain in the neck to learn the quaint regexp-based language
asterisk is programmed in. If that isn't one's cup of tea one can
probably get the same functionality from the Linksys consumer PBX
product (SPA-9000), but it is still ~$400 mailorder.
> http://www.privacycorps.com/products/?id=20
This looks like some analog phone thing. Why would you want to do
that to a nice digital phone call?
-wolfgang
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Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/
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Posted by DevilsPGD on October 20, 2006, 3:50 pm
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>I use Asterisk and a connection via www.teliax.com, and am no longer
>plagued by all the dirtbags calling up during dinnner time trying to
>sell crap, beg for donations etc.
Any idea if they'll let me spoof my cell phone's number on outbound CID?
They don't offer inbound calls in my area, but that doesn't really
bother me, my cell has unlimited incoming anyway, but I want to be able
to dial out "from" a local number.
--
If you take a shower, where do you put it?
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Posted by Wolfgang S. Rupprecht on October 20, 2006, 6:04 pm
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>
>>I use Asterisk and a connection via www.teliax.com, and am no longer
>>plagued by all the dirtbags calling up during dinnner time trying to
>>sell crap, beg for donations etc.
>
> Any idea if they'll let me spoof my cell phone's number on outbound CID?
It is probably best to touch base with Teliax support to see if this
is available on new signups. I have no problem using one of 3
different outgoing CLID's with them, but I can also see how this may
eventually be an issue for the whole industry. The whole outgoing
CLID under user control is a sticky wicket...
> They don't offer inbound calls in my area, but that doesn't really
> bother me, my cell has unlimited incoming anyway, but I want to be
> able to dial out "from" a local number.
I recall reading on the customer's-only part of the site that they are
taking requests for new service areas to move into. While is a long
shot, it might also be something they might go for.
> If you take a shower, where do you put it?
Right next to the walk?
-wolfgang
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Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/
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