Originally Posted by jamsarnie:
“Hi, sorry to hijack this thread but its on the same lines as the OP.
I am getting a lot of calls marked as "international" on my caller display and I don't know anyone abroad who could possibly be trying to contact me nor do I know anyone who uses a call routing service.
Does anyone know if the BT anonymous call reject works on international calls? I think this is the only way I am going to get this person to stop ringing.”
Only works on withheld number.
Are you sure you know no-one that uses other call providers other than BT or cable, even some of the more well known providers such as TalkTalk and Sky have at one time routed outside the UK and back-in again, they may still do. So it's not just Call 18866, Call 1899 and 18185 that doe this.
Though preventing all International calls might not be a good idea if and when friends and family do use the likes of low cost call providers, when I was BT line user, if I ignored International, I'd virtually bever speak to anyone as all friends and family were using a inclusive evening and weekends call provider for free and 1899/18185.
When I cancelled the BT line and went VoIP only through cable broadband, that didn't mask the 00441... number as international, it displayed it and displayed the programmed name fine.
Really we should be pressuring BT to stop masking most International calls and show all of them.