On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 01:13:26PM -0700, William Chops Westfield wrote:
> On Aug 1, 2004, at 7:33 AM, Peter Moreton wrote:
>
> >On my todo list is to make a (PIC-based) device which:
> >
> >1/ Detect a ring-signal and listens to the caller-ID sequence
> >2/ If there is a valid caller-ID, issue a 'please hold' message, make
> >the house phones ring, connect when answered
> >3/ If the is no caller-ID, issue a 'This phone line does not accept
> >calls from withheld numbers' message.
> >
> I pay for a service like this from my local phone company.  Calls with
> a valid caller ID come through. others get some sort of intermediate
> that calls me from "privacy manager" that gives me options "accept",
> "hear who's calling" (a voice query on the other end), "send to
> answering machine", "reject."  Supposedly it does something with
> blocked vs unavailable callerid info as well.

I took a good look at that. But it didn't seem to serve the need I wanted.
I don't want the phone to ring at all on a blacklisted number.

BAJ

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