Tele Block feature - what does it really do?

[bwarden]

Actually, if you look up the numbers from telemarketing calls you receive at, e.g. http://www.whocalled.us, you'll likely find that most call a pretty wide area.

[voipinit]

I prefer the 'disconnected' option over blacklist.

[MisterEd]

Actually, if you look up the numbers from telemarketing calls you receive at, e.g. http://www.whocalled.us, you'll likely find that most call a pretty wide area.

I've checked similar sites and 90% of my annoying calls are local. My favorite trick is forwarding the ones I know to a local councilman's office or a porn line because the CID is the original caller.

The other 10% can't be stopped no matter what because they use strange numbers like 1000000 or 0214567 etc and keep changing them.

[aposner]

In the absence of a help link, can someone tell me the difference between:
blacklist and disconnected?

Also why do we need a whitelist. I assume if a number isn't listed on the routing list it by definition is on the whitelist?

[stevech]

I've checked similar sites and 90% of my annoying calls are local. My favorite trick is forwarding the ones I know to a local councilman's office or a porn line because the CID is the original caller.
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My choice, when I *do* answer, is to say "please hold on while I get the person that can decide..". Then I put the phone down for as many minutes as they'll waste waiting. I figure this hurts their measure of success and the rep will get fired.