I've just been having correspondence with IDNet regarding spam call blocking with UBOSS. The advice given is that they would have to do this on the UBOSS 'platform', ie, if I wanted a number blocked I would have to email them to request this.
However, in the router settings there are clear instructions as to configuring call blocking on an individual number basis:
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IDNet have confirmed that the router is not locked and fully user configurable, so I would have thought I'd be able to configure call blocking myself.
Has anyone used this feature successfully? It's fairly essential for me to have some certainty of this before switching to VoIP, as I currently have a CPR Call Blocker, which works inline with, and is also powered by, the PSTN line, and I've got about 60 numbers of spam callers I'd want to transfer to the block list in the router.
Simon, like you I used the CPR Call Blocker on my old landline but I found it increasingly less useful as spammers used one-time only spoofed numbers. Since I have been using UBOSS the number of spam calls has significantly reduced. This may be because OFCOM has recently told telecom operators to be more effective in blocking spam calls.Personally I am happy to live with the very occasional spam call which are easily identified because they usually begin with 0044.
Thanks Terry, that's useful to know. I must admit, I've not had that many recently, but I had a phase of getting five or six calls a day, hence the call blocker.
There may be be problems adding numbers as I dont think you can use +44 which is needed for Uboss. I tried this to convert +44 to numbers my phone would work with and couldn't
Quote from: john7 on Mar 14, 2025, 17:11:05There may be be problems adding numbers as I dont think you can use +44 which is needed for Uboss. I tried this to convert +44 to numbers my phone would work with and couldn't
It's only a one month contract so if it doesn't work as I need it to, I'll have to look elsewhere.