The age-old problem of annoying telemarketing calls isn’t foreign to anyone with a phone. However, thanks to the technological advancements with Caller ID equipment, bothersome calls like unsolicited telemarketers, wrong numbers and even junk faxes while you’re trying to have family time or a peaceful night at home are becoming a thing of the past. Rather than subscribing to extremely expensive call blocking features, you can easily purchase call filtering as well as blocking devices. Such devices are becoming increasingly popular because they are cheaper than monthly call blocking subscriptions and are much more reliable. The Caller ID manager also provides you with the ability to add four phones to it, which means that you can easily divert phone calls to these extensions according to per-determined conditions. There is also a standby mode feature that, if turned on, allows every call to pass through without being screened. You can even set a timer dictating the duration for which the device should place the phone on standby mode then automatically switch back to filtering calls. On the other hand, under the normal mode, the phone operates like any other telephone device connected to an answering machine. You also have the option of setting a timer which establishes a specific duration for the time during which privacy mode will operate. Alternatively, you can manually turn the privacy mode on or off.
