"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
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Arfa Daily wrote:
Caller ID in the UK appears to supply only the caller's number and world
location if appropriate ie nothing on that score if the call comes from
within the UK or "International" if not. If the caller has their number
restricted with the phone company, it comes up "witheld".

The word withheld seems to come from the phone. One phone I have
displays it, the other does not.

Well, yes. I'm pretty sure that is the case, and that the phone does it as a
result of reading some flag bit in the data stream that's been set by the
phone company to tell the phone that it's not going to be supplied with
number data.



Pennsylvania allows customers to select "anonymous call reject"
if you pay the extra money for caller ID. I don't know if any
other place has it, but I sure miss it.

Geoff.


You can opt for this feature also in the UK. The trouble is, many of the
shops that I deal with withhold their number legitimately, because they
don't want customers to get hold of that particular number, so by opting to
reject all 'withhelds', you can also end up rejecting calls that you really
do need to take. Some institutions like the police, for instance, also
withhold their number, for obvious reasons. I don't know about where you
are, but here in the UK, cold sales calling has now become such a nuisance,
that sometimes, you can receive 10 or more calls in a day, often carrying on
until 9 or 10 at night. This is presumably after some company that you have
had legitimate dealings with, has sold off your details to an Indian call
centre company. That's why I think that it's high time that people's privacy
was restored, by making cold callers electronically identify themselves, so
that a rejection filter can be set up for them alone, or at least, your
caller ID can identify them, giving you the choice of whether or not you
wish to pick up on the call.

Arfa