Block unwanted calls with new BT phone
Nuisance calls are no match for the BT6500 home phone, which lets customers block calls from international or withheld numbers.
BT has unveiled a landline phone that allows customers to block
unwanted contact, such as 'cold calling' marketers and PPI claims
sales calls.
The new BT6500 phone will give users the option of blocking up to
80% of nuisance calls - from international, withheld or
specifically chosen numbers. Blocked calls will be sent
automatically to a built-in answer machine.
Genuine callers can then leave a message, unless their number has
been blocked.
John Petter, managing director of BT's consumer division, said:
"We know from talking to our customers that nuisance calls cause
huge frustration and even anxiety at times.
"When people feel as though they are being harassed in their own
homes they need to be able to take action and block the offending
calls. The BT6500 puts the customer in control of which types of
calls they receive."
BT receives more than 50,000 calls to their Nuisance Calls
Advice Line each month, from customers frustrated by silent and
abandoned calls or unwanted contact from salespeople.
For ultimate peace and quiet, the BT6500 phone has a Do Not
Disturb feature. When activated, this will switch off the ringer
for all calls except from friends or family saved as VIP
contacts.
It also has parental controls, allowing users to block a specific
type of outgoing call, perhaps to premium rate phone lines or to
mobile and international numbers.
The BT6500 is now available from BT, with prices starting at
£44.99. It will also be sale at Argos, Amazon, Sainsbury's and
Tesco from the end of February.
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