Essential Telemarketing Block

As its name implies, Essential Telemarketing Block makes it difficult for telemarketers, those coducting surveys, and other unwanted callers to bother you and your family.

This service is also available within all American Broadband's telephone feature packages.

Here is how it works. When someone calls a phone line equipped with Essential Telemarketing Block, they hear "The number you have reached does not accept calls from telemarketers. If you are a telemarketer, please add this number to your Do Not Call list and hang up now. Otherwise, press '1' to be connected.

If the caller is not a telemarketer, Essential Telemarketing Block remembers the phone number from which the call originated. In the future this number will not be blocked unless you (1) manually add the number to you list of blocked numbers, (2) add numbers to your list of known (and acceptable) numbers, and (3) to turn the system on or off.

To change the option within Essential Telemarketing Block:

1. Dail *99 from your home phone.
2. Make Selection within the Main Menu.
   Press [ 1 ] to add a number to your block list.
   Press [ 2 ] to remove a number from your block list.
   Press [ 3 ] to remove all number from your block list.
   Press [ 4 ] to add a number to your known list.
   Press [ 6 ] to turn the entire service on.
   Press [ 7 ] to turn the entire service off.
   Press [ 8 ] to block calls from private callers.
   (Private callers are those who have intentionally blocked their identity or have an unlisted number.)
   Press [ 9 ] to allow calls from private callers.
   Press [ * ] to repeat menu options.
3. Hang up when you are finished making these changes.

Note: If you wish to add the last caller's number to your block list, after a call simply hang up and dail *98.