How do I block phone numbers from my home number?

Question

I have a MTS phone and I have a friend living with me who is going through a difficult situation. People are phoning our unlisted number and bothering her.

Answer 1

*77(doesnt work on all phones) or call the phone company your with and ask them.....

Answer 2

Most companies offer you a way to block these calls, and it can usually happen by just dialing a code on your phone. If you have Time Warner Cable digital phone service, just as an example, you can dial (*77) on your phone and wait to hear confirmation that your unknown and anonymous calls are now being blocked. There is also a code (*87) that you can use to turn this type of service off. If you have service through Vonage, you can use the very same codes.

You may find that most all phone companies use the same codes for the sake of simplicity, but if you try it and nothing happens, you may have to contact your particular company to see what the code is. Some may not offer this, and it is not available in some parts of some states. You can look through your local phone book for this information (usually in the very front sections) to see if something is listed there.

This code and service usually work very well. It forces someone to identify themselves before they can ring through to your line, or they can't get through at all. What you should remember, however, is that you may still get some 'out of area' or 'unknown' calls that do come through. This is not because your phone code is not working, but rather, because their phone provider failed to send through the proper data to display the number. In these cases, it is simply a matter of technology not working correctly.

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Answer 3

most US phone comapnies can NOT block indivual numbers, but if you get privacy manager any call coming in without a name and recgonizable number privacy manager will block it and the caller gets a message saying 'This phone numberdoes not accept unidentified phone calls" it runs about $6.95, aside from that all phone companies can and will blck are collectcalls, 900 976 but indivual calls they do not have the ability to block