All we want for Christmas

Posts: 24 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Nov 17, 2005 Posts: 24

Is
1.) Automatic Call Rejection ---pweeze Santa Lol

Posts: 143 · Vonage Forum Senior Joined: Dec 22, 2005 Posts: 143

One day... one day... The most wanted features right now are:

1. Anonymous call block.
2. Call intercept

Someday in the future, no one knows when NO ONE don't bother to ask.

Posts: 182 · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:48 am Post subject:

Call forwarding and so on, configurable from the phone and not just online... e.g. *72 / *73 to turn on/off forwarding...

Call processing like Primus TalkBroadband in Canada has... it lets you do all sorts of neat stuff, ignore calls, bounce them to voicemail automatically, give them priority even when do not disturb mode is turned on, simultaneously ring other phones... all by the incoming number. It's very cool.

306 numbers... please... Smile

Slightly cheaper alternate numbers...

merry Christmas Smile

Posts: 476 · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject:

Please forgive my ignorance, but what is "call intercept"?

Posts: 122 · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:33 pm Post subject:

Call Intercept is when someone is calling you (namely telemarketers) and they don't send their Caller ID so you won't know who's calling. Your phone won't ring, but the calling party will get a recording saying that because they are blocking their caller ID, they need to leave their name. Your phone will then ring with a special ring pattern, letting you know it's an incoming call intercept call. You pick up and listen to the name of the person calling you. You then have the option to take the call or send it to voicemail. Very nice feature. I used to have it with Verizon and it kept a lot of the telemarketing rift-raft out. Very nice.

Posts: 2251 · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:59 pm Post subject:

Mr_Sorento wrote:

Call Intercept is when someone is calling you (namely telemarketers) and they don't send their Caller ID so you won't know who's calling. Your phone won't ring, but the calling party will get a recording saying that because they are blocking their caller ID, they need to leave their name. Your phone will then ring with a special ring pattern, letting you know it's an incoming call intercept call. You pick up and listen to the name of the person calling you. You then have the option to take the call or send it to voicemail. Very nice feature. I used to have it with Verizon and it kept a lot of the telemarketing rift-raft out. Very nice.

It is also a true pain in the butt if you receive a lot of international calls.

Posts: 215 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Nov 24, 2004 Posts: 215

ACR is nothing special. All it does is send the call right to voicemail. It does not totally block it, and it can be enabled right now by certian techs.

Posts: 143 · Vonage Forum Senior Joined: Dec 22, 2005 Posts: 143

It's the same thing as pressing ignore on your cell phone. What settings really will be cool is:

Call Inercept and Anonymous call BLOCK

Posts: 21 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Nov 28, 2005 Posts: 21

jdr30 wrote:

ACR is nothing special. All it does is send the call right to voicemail. It does not totally block it, and it can be enabled right now by certian techs.

Hi,

Can you please expand upon that? I've heard that mentioned before. Everyone I've spoken to at Vonage, in customer service and in corporate, swears that there is no such option, not even in testing, that can be rolled out by certain techs.

Any info you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Fax blasters are killing us.

Thanks,
Lewis

Posts: 188 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Mar 07, 2004 Posts: 188

jdr30 wrote:

ACR is nothing special. All it does is send the call right to voicemail. It does not totally block it, and it can be enabled right now by certian techs.

What kind of lame ACR is that??? I don't want people to get sent to a voice mail system that is down half of the time. All I want is a message that tells them to dial *82 (unblocks their name/number) and call back. If someone does not know why they are being sent to my voicemail every time they try to call me then what is the use. When I call someone, I am interrupting them. That is why I do not block my number. I just expect the same curtesy from them. That way I can decide if I want to take there call of have my dependable answering machine take care of it. Does anyone else feel this way? Or do you just want your friends who block their numbers to get automaticaly sent to your voicemail?