Programmable device to block calls based on Caller ID?

selectively block certain numbers e.g. block by area code,

could determine what to do with the call based on

The 3Com Business Modem (formerly known as the USRobotics Courier V.Everything) model is still available and no doubt you can find one on eBay for next to nothing. This modem *IS* capable of displaying callerID and holding it in a register.

Aren't the caller ID numbers usually held in the archives of the software being used?

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for the software. The hard can be just about any modem that will fit in your computer and decode callerid. Steve

The ability to display CID compared to the ability to store the number in a register which can be interrogated is two completely different scenarios. To my knowledge, the USR Courier (3Com Business Modem) is the only such modem so capable.

ZyXEL U-1496??? 16.8K modem/fax/voice (~ 1995):

Register S40, bit 2 - Enable Caller Number Delivery. AT*T - Recall the last CND (Caller ID) information.

I believe the USR has some other mechanism.

selectively block certain numbers e.g. block by area code,

I could determine what to do with the call based on

CallVantage (ATT) VoIP provides such a service (option).

selectively block certain numbers e.g. block by area code,

could determine what to do with the call based on

A couple of places made them in the "old days". One that you might be able to find today is from Zeus Phonestuff

It won't be in the catalog and their web site is down this weekend, but the Whozz Calling single port had the ability to screen calls with a DOS program and block the call from ringing the phone port.

Another one that might be tougher to find is called the PC Receptionist from a company in, maybe NC, called Pewee International.

Some of the SOHO deals like SoloCall or Total E-Call, if available, would do what you're asking. My friend got one a couple of years ago that required a PIN number. I don't know if it screened by CID, but I sent him a message to see if it does.

Outside of that, hit Google for Caller-ID boxes and screening.

Carl Navaro

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selectively block certain numbers e.g. block by area code,

I could determine what to do with the call based on

Here's the link, Privacy Call Screener/Manager/Center. Some interpretation required.

selectively block certain numbers e.g. block by area code,

could determine what to do with the call based on

A simple modem with Caller ID won't give you the capability to "block" calls. It can only identify them after one ring. Then what? It could go off-hook and grab the call but that's about it.

I suggest considering some much more capable hardware.

an SPA-3000 you can wait until the call is identified to decide whether or not to ring your phone. Instead of just dropping or ignoring calls you could reroute them (to voice mail). You could also transparently take advantage of VoIP possibilities.

(I have some ZyXel modems that I used for Caller ID long ago. I used an SPA-3000 for awhile but then decided to bypass my POTS line and just use a VoIP provider for incoming service.)

--kyler

to selectively block certain numbers e.g. block by area code,

register, and I could determine what to do with the call based on

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