| Have you ever wondered how to block a phone | | | | features such as the ability to play a sound file |
| call? Maybe you would like to block sales calls or | | | | when your best friend calls, announce in a male or |
| those persistent telemarketers! Many phone | | | | female voice, and much more. |
| companies are offering selective call acceptance, | | | | To use this type of software you need a modem |
| but those involve you making a list of your | | | | that supports caller ID. At the Ascendis website |
| friends and family and then entering them into a | | | | they recommend a certain brand of modem for |
| "allow list" and all other calls will be blocked. This is | | | | this because many modems claim to support |
| often impractical because what if you got a job | | | | caller ID but in practice they do not work. So |
| offer and since the caller is new, you will not get | | | | take my advice and see what modem brand they |
| the call or the job. | | | | recommend and save yourself the hassle of |
| So I checked into it and found out that no phone | | | | having to return a modem to your local computer |
| companies offer individual call blocking. Or at least | | | | supply shop. |
| no phone companies that I could find. I decided to | | | | Setting this all up is not too difficult. Just unplug |
| try to find a way and found that indeed there is a | | | | your computers power source and open the case. |
| way to block any phone number and actually | | | | Touch the metal frame of the computer casing |
| much more can also be done besides just | | | | with one hand while inserting the modem into an |
| blocking. | | | | open PCI slot. This should be done this way to |
| There is software out there now that uses your | | | | prevent static electricity from jumping from your |
| computer modem to monitor the phone line. | | | | fingertips to you motherboard which can ruin the |
| When it gets an incoming call it will announce the | | | | board! |
| name of the caller through your computer | | | | After installing the modem, put the case back |
| speakers or house speakers if you have your | | | | together and Boot the machine up and load the |
| computers sound connected to your home stereo | | | | modem drivers from the provided CD. |
| system. It is completely customizable for how to | | | | Now you simply plug your incoming phone line into |
| hanle each individual phone number that comes in. | | | | the modems input and plug some phone line into |
| I tried all the software that I could and the best | | | | the modems output and plug that cord into your |
| one that I found is called Ascendis caller ID. It is | | | | phone. That's it you are all set up to screen your |
| an amazing program that is loaded with cool | | | | phone calls the high tech way. |