trueCall nuisance call blocker launches

The end to double glazing sales calls?

trueCall nuisance call blocker launches

16 July 2009 17:53 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

A new device that promises an end to "nuisance" phone calls has launched in the UK, with backing from television's The Dragon's Den.

"trueCall" plugs into your home phone line and, dependent on settings, blocks calls from numbers that have not been registered with the device, giving the user the option to take the call or not.

trueCall checks every call received before even letting your phone ring. It will connect callers whose numbers are on the "Star List" straight away but telemarketing, market research, recorded messages and the like will be stopped.

This works if trueCall does not recognise the caller’s number or the number has been withheld, as it will "ask" the caller who they are and where they are calling from before putting them on hold and passing this info onto the user.

The user can then accept the call, get trueCall to take a message or put them on a Zap black-list, which means if they call again, trueCall will inform them the call is not of interest.

Said to be about the size of a paperback book, right now the device is available from John Lewis for £97.50, over at eXpansys for £79.97, via the BT Online shop or direct at www.trucall.co.uk.

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Comments

  • Saw this on Dragons' Den the other day - but honestly I don't understand the point - since I put my home phone number on OFCOM's Telephone Preference Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_Preference_Service I haven't had a single one of those unsolicited marketing or research calls - I can only imagine maybe the extra paranoid, anti-social or very private(?) person might shell out 90-odd quid for a device that effectively does the same thing as a free service, at least going by the reasons they're marketing this device for (although each time a new number rings you still have to pick up the phone and find out who it is before accepting/rejecting - more hassle and costs money vs. less hassle and free - there either must be other categories of calls people want to block, or this product will only sell to a fairly small number of people who haven't heard about TPS). Posted by Dan, UK
  • Using this device does not mean one is " extra paranoid, anti-social or very private(?) " as it's to each his own. I found this little device exactly to my liking
    and it serve the purpose I required, and would recommend it for a mere £90.
    Posted by Doug, UK
  • i am on Ofcoms TPS and it hasnt made a blind bit of difference in the past 5 years i have registered with them - very tempted to get this gizmo Posted by Mike, UK
  • Will this product work on phone systems in the U.S.? There does not seem to be a product available like this in the U.S.
    Posted by David Mason, United States

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