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Call Intercept Not Working

We have had Call Intercept for about 2 weeks and are disappointed. We have double-checked the settings and the service is turned on. Examples of the calls we continue to get as displayed on caller ID:

Private

240-XXX-XXXX {edited for privacy}

(this is from a neighbor with Comcast as their local phone service provider)

Not Available

801-XXX-XXXX {edited for privacy}

Unavailable

888-XXX-XXXX {edited for privacy}

Not Available

973-XXX-XXXX {edited for privacy}

And so on. What's going on?

Thanks.

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KH-OrnEsh1

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BeachBum88

Thank you for the reminder. However, I'd hoped that some other users could chime in with information about whether it was reasonable to expect that the calls I listed would be blocked. I'm guessing that in the case of the last three numbers I listed, the caller is using a VOIP or Centrex system or something similar where CID information can be manipulated to show "Not available" as the caller name.

doropallo

We have FIOS and use the ACR feature but it never blocks any call that supplies a number, and it doesn't even block calls that don't, they come up UNAVAILABLE/UNAVAILABLE, no number at all. It only blocks the calls where the caller blocks their number on purpose, not by falsifying data.

hracer

From the Verizon feature description page. "Call Intercept answers incoming calls that do not provide a valid phone number." If any phone number information is provided, then the call is allowed. Toll Free numbers are not blocked

BeachBum88

Yeah I'm guessing Verizon is throwing in the towel on Call Intercept because it's not that effective. What would REALLY help is if they programmed the service to block any number from a toll-free area code, as that's what most telemarketers seem to program to appear in their CID information.

Mark22

the refusal to improve call blocking, intercept is degrading FIOS phone service to the point of being an unwanted service.

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