On 8/2/2010 8:20 AM, Joe AutoDrill wrote:
The "best" way to block your number is to spoof it with your own private
PBX.

That fools CallerID, but _not_ ANI. If it did_, you could run up
'infinite'
LD charges on "somebody else's number".grin

You are correct. My error.

there are other ways by redirtecting your call through certain services or
operators who re-route your call and thus strip your call of ANI
information
before it hits the 800 number...

Yup. if you go through certai kinds of 'forwarding' services -- that *you*
PAY FOR -- they'll take out your call information and insert their own.

There are some free ways to do it also... But they are few and far between
these days and probably pseudo-legal or at least pseudo-moral. I'd just use
a pay phone... Oh wait, they are all gone for the most part.

For now, just go down to the convenience store or Wally World or Worst
Buy or wherever and shell out green money for a prepaid no-contract cell
phone. A few states require that you show ID when paying cash for a
prepaid cell phone and Schumer is trying to get it required nationally,
but it's so far not required in most places. They can still track the
phone but they can't trace it to you unless they catch you with it.