Landline Telephones

[rosiew]

Morning Answerbankers. My question is, is there a landline phone available that when you answer the phone and its a bloody PPI automated call you can press a button to block this caller. Like on the I Phone this is available. We was thinking of the Sky Shield but our problem is that we have a monitored alarm. I would love a phone that you can select "block this caller". Nice and simple.

[Tilly2]

Google this Rosie.

BT 8600 Advanced Call Blocker Cordless Home Phone with Answer Machine (Twin Handset Pack)

[CrapAtCryptics]

I think its the 8610 now - it works great, only lets through those in your phonebook and you can accept or instantly block any others.

[Berniecuddles2]

we have one fantastic

[Tilly2]

We have one and it is excellent.

[dannyk13]

Reasonable price at Amazon:-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_4_7?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=bt+8610+twin&sprefix=bt+8610%2C

[gingejbee]

We have this Panasonic twin set-up, which has been a Which? Best Buy for two or three years...very easy to use and it tells you who's calling with a clear man's voice.


Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[KARL]

I don't know about individual instruments having such a capability but I know that TalkTalk have such an option automatically included for free in their contracts. It will always be a matter of getting future calls blocked at the exchange and thus the service provider has to be involved.

[4candles]

BT offer 'Call Protect' for free, which does much the same thing without needing a special phone -
http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/tech-news/bt-call-protect-free-service-crackdown-nuisance-calls-11364136279348

Plusnet and TalkTalk have similar services - don't know about other providers.

[rosiew]

Thanks everyone for your advice. We have an ADT Security alarm so Im going to have to check with them first to see if the BT 8610 would be ok

[Tuvok]

Outgoing calls are not affected byt the BT phone or Sky Shield.

We have the original BT8500 phone. You store allowed numbers - and if you have them blocked numbers.

When a call comes in from a number you haven't stored or a withheld number, the caller is asked to identify themselves then push #

Your phone then rings, you hear the caller say "Joe Bloggs from ABC"

If you know them then you press 1 to accept the call. You could alternatively press another key to add them to the blocked list.

If its a genuine call, likely to call you again, you can save the number - they'll then get through straight away next time.

There's other settings for international numbers.

The Sky Shield works the same way - except you can add good/bad numbers via your Sky account - then you can also add numbers when they call.