On 19 Nov 2006 16:37:36 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

In article ,
"Brian Sharrock" writes:

I received a spate of 'silent calls' and some displaying the word
'INTERNATIONAL' too

It's really annoying BT won't give you the international number.

Does anyone know specifically why they don't do this, or don't at
least present the country of origin? I would like to ignore the
International ones as they are 99% marketing but I have relatives
abroad so I can't. BT surely knows the country of origin and probably
even the originating phone number in most instances these days.

If someone were to say that there is money in it for operators like BT
to ensure you do answer calls and they know all too well that if
presented with the country of origin perhaps 80% of those calls would
go unanswered from then on, I would not be at all surprised.