Blocking Telephone Calls Best deals on cell phones, long distance, DSL, Internet Blocking Telephone Calls     Blocking Caller ID There are two ways to defeat the transmission of your phone number to called parties. Call Blocking The first way is to block the transmission on individual calls. Typically by punching *67 (depending on your telephone company) immediately prior to dialing the remainder of the phone number, you can block the sending of your phone number to the called phone. You need to prefix the phone number with *67 each time you want to block sending your phone number to the called party. Line Blocking By making a request to the phone company (in some places the public utilities commission) you can block the sending of your phone number on all calls. If you have line blocking, you may choose to send your phone number to the called party by typically punching *82. This unblocks "line blocking" for that call only. When you dial (700), (800), or (900) area code numbers you are transmitting your own phone number to the called party. This is because a different technology is used, called Automatic Number Identification (ANI). Calls from a pay phone cannot be blocked. You also transmit your phone number when you dial the 911 emergency number. Those high profit telephone companies think cheap long distance rates mean 7¢ a minute at night and 14¢ a minute during the day. They often call at night to describe their "wonderful" cheap long distance rates. Those are not cheap long distance rates. It's not even close. Competitive calling charges - What really are They Really? Most people say cheap long distance rates means making state-to-state calls for less than 5¢ a minute, all day, every day. Don't be confused about the many offers all the highly paid executives at the big companies are making. Compare your long distance bill with a dozen discount carries by using the rate calculator below. The most competitive suppliers are right here. Then choose the one that's best. Back to the main page of Long Distance Rates Cheap International Calling Rates Cheapest Cell Phones Cheap Cell Phone Plans How can these plans be so inexpensive? Inexpensive Telephone Service Providers 1010 Calling--What Do They Really Charge? What is Slamming? DSL - What is it? T1 Line Saves Money for Small Business Competitive Online T1 Quotes for the U.S. Market Packet8 VOIP Telephone T1 Lease Line Verizon Business DSL Phone Card 10 011 Communication Long Distance Company How can these plans be so inexpensive? 1010 Calling--What Do They Really Charge? What is Slamming? DSL - What is it? T1 Line Saves Money for Small Business Copyright © 2004-2006 by Robert Sherman All rights reserved.