Call Blocking

[Kathyan]

I have just bought a call blocking device for the house phone. It's programmed with 200 numbers that are known cold callers. It's working perfectly, but it got me thinking, what do the callers hear when they ring? Does anyone know?

[Jomlett]

With some mobile phone apps, you can have a number blocked and set up so it picks it up and hangs up. It doesn't let them leave a message and your phone doesn't ring. However, if you go where you don't have service, it will still send it to voicemail, but works otherwise.

[janbee]

Hopefully a high pitched squeal that will shatter their pesky little ear drums.

[Kathyan]

The call still registers on caller display but the phone doesn't ring. I was just curious as to what they hear (if anything) but I like your suggestion janbee! I've had numerous calls from one of the numbers stored in the unit and you would think they would get the message that their calls are blocked eventually!

[gina32]

put in your mobile number as being blocked, phone your house phone listen to what it says then un block your mobile number.

[Old_Geezer]

Were janbee's suggestion used it would encourage the callers to get a new (unknown) number and your blacklist would go out of date. They need to think they've just been unlucky.

[ubasses]

Our phone blocks 30 calls but we have 1 phone that is different type in our bedroom. If a barred number calls that one phone rings, so they are probably hearing a ringing phone as usual. We just wait to see if the other phones ring before even bothering to look at the incoming number.

[Kathyan]

methyl, it's a CPR call blocker. You can block withheld calls and international calls and if a cold caller gets through, you just have to press a button and it blocks that number. I can't block withheld calls as my daughter has one and also the Doctors. I am a member of TPS but these calls were still getting through.