Vonage Needs To Add Anonymous caller Block

Posts: 35 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Jan 21, 2006 Posts: 35

Port your number. Tons of other providers, Voip and POTS, offer and support toll free. Routers are cheap - and if you're running a business you probably shouldn't be using the consumer level stuff Vonage gives you - or at least have a spare for backup.

Again, if the features are important to you, they are easy to get. It'd probably take less time to change providers than to post that you're unhappy about the lack of Vonage features.

That's one of the best things about Voip. You're no longer stuck with just your local POTS or CLEC. You have a literal ton of choices.

Posts: 8 · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:13 am Post subject:

True but I've only found two other Voip providers that support toll free numbers and one doesnt let you port over toll free numbers and then another one I tried to port over number and it was denied by Vonage and when I called Vonage they said that it was denied cause Vonage doesn't actually own the numbers and therefore can't transfer them...

Posts: 35 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Jan 21, 2006 Posts: 35

If you have a Vonage supplied number, they you're at their mercy as to whether they'll allow the port. Some folks have been successful, others not.

If you can't port and want to retain the number, you still have a couple of options. You can route your calls through screening software that will perform the ACR on your end. Or, sign up with another provider that does offer ACR and set your Vonage account to forward to that new number and keep your fingers crossed that Vonage will add the features you want one day.

Posts: 230 · Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:10 pm Post subject:

SARO91201 wrote:

sure I'll just spend thousands of dollars for new Business Cards as will have to print new ones cause most other Voip dont offer toll free numbers. I'll have to go buy another Router.

What are you talking about, many offer toll free numbers.

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Jun 01, 2006 Posts: 1

Hey folks the other day i got a anonymous call and one of the little ones answered the phone.. ( caller id says anonymous ) Exclamation

There was some indian/arab accent sicko asking my little one "what does your daddy do?? Twisted Evil

What time does he go to work? Twisted Evil

when does he come home? Twisted Evil

i took the phone away and they hung up.. I call Vonage NOTHING IS DONE. Exclamation

. i complain that i need anonymous call blocking to prevent sickos from calling and we not knowing who they are.. Exclamation

I HAVE had it.. I am going to file with police, attourney general and railroad commisson that regulates the phone companies. They HAVE to have this feature it is a matter of routing!!!! I am STILL WAITING ON A response from vonage... They need heat well they will have it!!!! I AM TIRED OF TERRORISTS AND SICKO'S RUNNING THIS COUNTRY!!! I CANT EVEN HAVE PHONE SERVICE!!! **** has happened to this country???

Posts: 276 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Feb 09, 2006 Posts: 276

And I can tell you that their current version of ANR (I've been beta testing it for 3 months) is pretty much worthless. Only truly privatized numbers, ones where someone dialed *67 then my number, are blocked. All "unknown" and "out of area" calls come through.