How can I block restricted calls on my home phone?

Question

All I have found anywhere is how to block them from your cell phone! I need help fast. It's not harrassment I just want them to call with their number. I know my old friend has it blocked but her parents did it for her. So when people call restricted it says to them... "This number does not accept restricted calls, you are now being transferred to this number unrestricted." How can I get my home phone to do that, too?

Answer 1

I always have my ACR on......!

To activate Anonymous Call Rejection, Press *77

if you did it right, you will hear a stutter tone...



it forces the calling party to give there real phone-number!!

To deactivate Anonymous Call Rejection, Press *87

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Answer 2

Anonymous Call Blocking (ACB) intercepts calls from people who have used special blocking features to prevent their name or number from being provided to people they call. When the ACB service is turned on, callers hear a message telling them to hang up, unblock delivery of their phone number, and call again. Your phone will not ring unless the caller removes the block. You can use the service with or without Caller ID.  It is free. If it is not on your phone request the phone company to add it.  

Turn Anonymous Call Blocking on/off

To turn ACB...

Press



On * 7 7

Off * 8 7

ACB does not intercept calls that display as "Unknown" or "Out-of-Area" on the Caller ID. These designations usually mean that the call originated in an area in which Caller ID is not available.

Note the following information on "accepting" and "forwarding" calls:



ACB and Personalized Ring 6 , and a

call comes in from a private number on

your Personalized Ring 6 list  The call is accepted.

Personalized Ring 6 announces your "special" callers with a short-long-short ring.  You can include up to six numbers on your special Personalized Ring 6 list.

To Use Personalized Ring 6

To access your Personalized Ring 6 service, press * 6 1.

  To...    Press...

  Turn your service on or off   3

  Add a number

  (non-private number)   1. Press #

  2. Dial the number you want to add.

  3. Press #  

  Add the last number that called

  (private number)   1. Press #

  2. Press 0 1

  3. Press #  

  Review your list   1

  Remove a number right after you hear

  it (while reviewing your list)   07

  Remove a number from the

  Personalized Ring 6 list   1. Press *

  2. Dial the number you want to remove.

  3. Press *  

  Remove all numbers from the

  Personalized Ring 6 list (private or

  non-private numbers)   0 8  

  Remove all private numbers   0 9  

  Review the instructions   0

Helpful Hints

Personalized Ring 6 also works with Call Waiting ID.  You can distinguish calls from six "special" callers (on your Personalized Ring 6 list) by the distinctive three short-long-short tones.

If one of your Personalized Ring 6 numbers is also on your Call Block list, turn off Call Block first or calls from that number will not get through

.

ACB and Selective Call Forwarding

and a call comes in from a private

number on your Selective Call

Forwarding list  The call is forwarded.



To use Selective Call Forwarding

To access Selective Call Forwarding service, press * 6 3.  Follow the voice instructions to enter or confirm the "forward-to" number